Here’s just one difference 50 years and 10 presidencies can make. Quotations to be pondered:

“We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.”

–John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States

John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States. www.walled-in-berlin.com

“Make America great again.”

–Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States

Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States. www.walled-in-berlin.com

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Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.