Berlin Wall collection, 1961-1963.

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Berlin Wall collection, 1961-1963.

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Collection of print items concerning the building of the Berlin Wall, the division of Germany, and German-American relations. Includes the pamphlet Stacheldraht um Berlin, by Arno Scholz (Berlin-Grunewald: Arani, 1961); a special magazine issue on the Berlin Wall published by Ullstein (1961); 3 special issues of the German magazine Berliner Illustrirte featuring American President John F. Kennedy (1960-1963); a supplement of the German newspaper Berliner Morgenpost welcoming Kennedy to Berlin in 1963; the pamphlet Berlin: crisis and challenge (New York: German Information Center, 1963); and 8 postcards from Berlin (ca. 1961), mostly featuring aspects of the Berlin Wall.

1 box (.1 linear feet) + 1 oversize folder

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German Society of Pennsylvania, Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7612956

German Society of Pennsylvania, Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library

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German Information Center (New York, N.Y.)

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Scholz, Arno, 1904-1971

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...