Oral+History+Reflection

Oral History Reflection

Through researching and conducting an interview on the Berlin Wall, I have learned many things. What really surprised me was all of the creative ways that people came up with to be able to cross the wall get to the other side. It really shows how much people care about being free, and how lucky we are to have freedom. Another interesting fact that I learned was the story about the reason on why they had built the wall. This shows that they really did not have a reason that they could tell their people because it would cause such unrest.

This interview has thought me a lot more about what people in Germany thought of the Berlin Wall. Many of my Mom's opinions and stories made the event seem more realistic than just reading a paper on the Wall. Before I started this project, I did not know much about the Berlin Wall, but after researching and talking to my mom about this, I am glad I did.

This is a picture of the Berlin Wall, right outside of "down-town" Berlin. On the East German side, people were not allowed to go anywhere near the wall, while the West Germans could walk right by it.

This picture shows a man helping an east German over the Wall where there is graffiti saying freedom. The fall of the Berlin Wall represented freedom for the East Germans. 