Past Event
Saturday, September 6, 2014, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
West Berlin: Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall
640 Orange Avenue, Coronado, 92118
Cost: Free
With the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall upon us, join J. Elke Ertle, author of Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl's Journey to Freedom, for an hour of discussion, photos, and video highlights.
Ertle grew up in post-World War II West Berlin and will share what it was like to live on the front line of the East West divide during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the construction of the Berlin Wall, and John F. Kennedy's Ich bin ein Berliner speech. She interweaves global events with her personal story of parental walls that mirrored the brick-and-mortar monstrosity.