03007cam a2200373 i 4500 1262035407 TxAuBib 160823s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016038924 9780062410313 0062410318 (OCoLC)18228 TxAuBib rda Willner, Nina, 1961-, author. Forty autumns : a family's story of courage and survival on both sides of the Berlin Wall / Nina Willner. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] xxii, 391 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-373) and index. Part one. The handover: end of war (1945) ; An Iron Curtain descends: Cold War begins (1945-1946) ; ""If you want to get out, do it soon"": close calls and escapes (1946-1948) ; Flight: a small suitcase and the final escape (August 11, 1948) -- Part two. Two castles: out of the whirlwind (1948-1949) ; A sister born in the east: the Stasi takes control (1949-1952) ; ""We want to be free"": a workers' uprising (1953) ; The visit: sisters meet (1954) ; Life normalizes in a police state: a courtship (1955-1957) ; The fur coat: last meeting (1958-1959) -- Part three. ""A wall will keep the enemy out"": a wall to keep the people in (1960-1961) ; The family wall: Oma's faith and Opa's defiance (1962-1965) ; Only party members succeed: ""we have each other"" (1966-1969) ; A message with no words: Oma's love from afar (1970-1974) ; Dissidents and troublemakers: Opa committed (1975-1977) ; A light shines: ""our souls are free"" (1977) ; A surprise from America: innocence (1978-1980) ; Paradise bungalow: refuge and solace (1980-1982) -- Part four. Assignment: Berlin--intelligence operations (1982-1984) ; Face-to-face with Honecker: mission in Ludwigslust (1984-1985) ; Beyond the checkpoint: passage (1985) ; Imagine: the road ahead (1986) ; ""Tear down this wall"": winds of change (1987-1988) ; ""Gorby, save us!"": a nation crumbles (1989) ; The world is stunned: ""Schabowski said we can!"" or, the wall falls (November 9, 1989) ; Dawn: leaving the east (Autumn 1989) ; Reunion and rebirth: together again (1990-2013). Willner, Nina 1961- Family. Willner, Nina 1961- Women Germany (East) Biography. Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 History. German Americans Biography. Women intelligence officers United States Biography. Intelligence officers United States Biography. Germany (East) Biography. Berlin (Germany) Biography.