With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family divided overnight. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to think forbidden thoughts of freedom, yet she can’t help herself. She sees the East German soldiers with their guns trained on their own citizens; she, her family, her neighbors and friends are prisoners in their own city.
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Write one question you have about the Berlin Wall and post it. If you can answer someone else's question, go ahead :-)
why did they try to escape when they know they will die
ReplyDeleteGavin
Because they want to try to escape if for example the guards may get lazy and not pay attention
Delete--Noor
Where there any guards that used to help the people that were trapped or was everyone on guardrude and mean.
ReplyDeleteJasleen
How long did it take for people to tear apart the Berlin Wall?
ReplyDeleteRylan
If people know there gonna get killed why do they keep trying to get over the fence?
ReplyDelete$Emma
They kept on trying because they wanted freedom or they missed their loved ones.
DeleteAngela
Why would they build the wall if the president wanted to make peace
ReplyDeleteAdam
Were there any other ways to communicate rather than just waving? Were the people able to write letters?-Jaden
ReplyDeleteWhy do the Russians want Berlin? What makes it so special? Why are the Russians so cruel?
ReplyDeleteGraham
If the security was so strong and so much money and time was put in to the wall, why did so many people get to West Germany?
ReplyDeleteI wonder how long it took to break the wall, and if it took awhile why didnt the soldiers stop them?
ReplyDeleteAngela
what is so special about berlin
ReplyDeleteNoor
WHy did they not give much food and not be so mean and then some people might stay
ReplyDeleteDawson
the president waned peace but why did he build a wall? why did the wall kill so many? if they wanted half Britain US France then why did they build a wall in the middle then.
ReplyDeleteCole,
Cole,
How long did it take for east Germany and west Germany to break down the Berlin wall since it was 103 miles long ? Zoe
ReplyDeleteWhy are the Russians So Brutal, And Why would they try to escape When there is most likely you will die?
ReplyDeleteJake ?
Why did they biuld a wall and not use a different Technique
ReplyDeleteHailey
why do people kill them selves trying to get free.
ReplyDeleteDafydd
How long did it take for the Russians to give up? Why were they so obsessed with keeping the wall up?
ReplyDeleteElla
why were they so cruel why people not being able to go to the other side ?
ReplyDeleteIsabela
Why would they separate peoples family’s brendan
ReplyDeleteIf the Russians are so brutal why didn't they try to kill the people that were knocking down the wall? How long did it take for the pople to knock down the wall?
ReplyDelete-Kai
why do they kill so many people?
ReplyDelete~Trysta