Berlin wall 2

A Family Torn Apart - Nina A.

  • First Entry

    First Entry
    Elsa spent the night in East Berlin with her extended family. While she was sleeping, the Berlin Wall was put up, separating her and her immediate family.
  • Second Entry

    Second Entry
    Elsa's parents try to find a way to get to her. People were trying to escape East Berlin by jumping out their windows.
  • Third Entry

    Third Entry
    Elsa spends Christmas upset because she misses her parents and brother, but tries to be happy for her other relatives.
  • Fourth Entry

    Fourth Entry
    It is Elsa's fourteenth birthday and she misses West Berlin. The school teachers speak about communism in a good light.
  • Fifth Entry

    Fifth Entry
    Alf's friend Peter was shot by border patrol trying to cross the Berlin Wall.
  • Sixth Entry

    Sixth Entry
    President Kennedy traveled to West Berlin to speak about the Berlin Wall. Elsa became hopeful and inspired.
  • Seventh Entry

    Seventh Entry
    President Kennedy was assassinated.
  • Eighth Entry

    Eighth Entry
    Elsa turns sixteen and thinks about being back in West Berlin and how she would have been allowed to drive.
  • Ninth Entry

    Ninth Entry
    President Ronald Reagan spoke and Elsa listened in with her two daughters.
  • Final Entry

    Final Entry
    After 28 years, the Berlin Wall was torn down and Elsa was reunited with her family.