The Berlin Wall even has its own website. This has details of its research library and a bibliography of key books.
A good starting point for a history of the building of the wall is this site maintained by Die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. It has a chronicle of events with images, accounts of victims and reflections by leading political figures. Text in German or English.
An alternative is “The Berlin Wall – A multimedia history” an online project developed by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on November 9, 2014. This also has timelines, videos of key events and interviews.
See some original news footage from British Pathe. This has a selection of clips from the 1960s and 1970s showing events relating to the wall.
The JFK Library has an account of President Kennedy's visit to West Berlin in 1963 and his famous speech.
The National Security Archive George Washington University has a book of declassified US documents relating to the construction of the wall and the Cold War.
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