A Family Torn Apart Timeline

By nial912
  • Elsa spends a night at her cousins.

    Elsa takes a visit to her grandparents and cousins in east Berlin, leaving her family in the west, and just as they thought everything was fine, turns out that as they were sleeping, a wall was built to separate east and west Berlin, which meant Elsa cant see her mom and dad.
  • Failed Attempts

    Elsa'a mother and father try to find ways to get to their daughter but walls are getting higher and trying to find a job there wasn't working.
  • Christmas Time

    Elsa has a breakdown on Christmas about how she misses her family and couldn't even enjoy herself
  • Not really a Happy Birthday

    Elsa turns 14 this day and is still upset about not seeing her parents, But didn't break down as bad as when she did on Christmas
  • R.I.P Peter

    Elsa's cousin's friend dies trying to escape at the age of 18 because of his hatred of east Germans
  • Hope (?)

    President John F. Kennedy speaks about how the wall was affecting families and others and Elsa has hope.
  • R.I.P John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Elsa looses hope that she can see her family anytime soon.
  • 16

    Elsa turns 16 and thinks about all the privileges she would have if she was still in west Berlin with her family.
  • Savior!!

    Elsa and her daughters listen to Ronald Reagan give commands to Gorbachev to tear the wall down.
  • Reunited

    The wall was torn down and after 28 years, Elsa could see her family.