Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall

Lottery entry opens January 9 and closes January 16. Regular registration opens January 15.
Dates: October 14, 2024
Meets: M from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
 Location: Online
Cost:  $0.00

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Date Day Time
10/14/2024Monday3 PM to 5 PM

Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2024-2025 OLLI at MSU Membership

Description

In November, Germany will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. With its rise on August 13, 1961, the course of Germany's, and especially of Berlin's, history took a tragic turn. It would take 28 years to tear down this cruel and inhuman symbol of Germany´s division, thus giving birth to yet another period in this European nation's evolution. German historian Anette Isaacs presents a historical and political overview of this painful but almost miraculous period in Berlin's captivating history.

Program Takeaways

  • To provide a deep dive into the history of the Berlin Wall.
  • How citizens of East Germany have dealt with the consequences of the German Unification during the last 3 decades.
Fee:  $0.00

Online

This is a real-time (live) online class that meets at the specified day(s)/time(s) listed.

We will send you a reminder email with login instructions one business day before the program start date. If there are additional sessions, we will send reminders the morning of those sessions.

Anette Isaacs

German-born and raised, Anette Isaacs is a historian and public educator who has presented hundreds of programs on more than 40 different topics (all pertaining to her native country's history, politics, and culture) all over the United States. She holds master's degrees in American studies, political science and history and is currently the director of OLLI at Florida International University in Miami, Florida.