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Most people have assumed that the Soviets were the main force behind the decision to build the Berlin Wall in 1961. After many years of research in formerly top secret archives in Moscow and Berlin, Professor Harrison has found that the Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, resisted the Berlin border closure for years. East German leader Walter Ulbricht was the key figure in the process leading to the building of the Berlin Wall. The relationship between the Soviets and their East German ally was far more complicated and interesting than is generally understood. Between Stalin's death in 1953 and the building of the Wall in 1961, there were significant disagreements between the Soviet and East German leaders about East German domestic and foreign policy and about how to cope with the flood of refugees.
Dr. Harrison is an Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She earned her B.A. at Harvard and her Ph.D. at Columbia University and speaks German and Russian. In Fall 2003, Princeton University Press published her book, Driving the Soviets Up the Wall: Soviet-East German Relations, 1953-1961, based on her extensive research in archives in Moscow and Berlin. Dr. Harrison was Director for European and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council under Presidents Clinton and Bush from 2000 to 2001. She has made multiple media appearances in the U.S. and Germany and has held numerous fellowships in the U.S. and Europe.
Before joining the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung in Potsdam, Hans-Hermann Hertle was an assistant lecturer and Senior Researcher at the Freie Universität Berlin. His main fields of research are political sociology, industrial relations, contemporary history of the Federal Republic of Germany and the international politics of the Cold War.
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Date:
02/19/2004 20:00 - 02/19/2004 22:00
Event venue:
American Academy in Berlin
Am Sandwerder 17-19
14109 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
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Subject areas:
History / archaeology, Law, Politics
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Entry:
02/16/2004
Sender/author:
Ingrid Müller
Department:
Press Department
Event is free:
unknown
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event10537
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