Causes And Effects Of The Berlin Wall
In the year of 1961, Germany was divided into 2 states: East Germany and West Germany. On the 13th day of August in 1961, East Berlin began the building of the Wall. The concrete and barbed wired wall stood tall for many years until its fall on November 9, 1989. During this period of time, the wall caused many problems to Germany. It is marked as one of the most symbolic structures in Germany's history. The causes and effects of the Berlin Wall had a large impact on people and it caused many problems between East and West Germany. The causes for the Berlin Wall's construction started near the end of World War II. After Germany surrendered the division of Germany was decided at the Yalta Conference. This happened very soon after the Germans
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Stalin wanted everyone to be communist and have a dictator. The Soviets in East Berlin were very mean to the civilians and tortured them. This is why the people tried to go to West Berlin. West Berlin was ruled by the United States, Britain, and France. It was a Democratic state and many people wanted to be there instead of East Berlin. Estimated 5,000 people made it safely across the wall during the time of the Wall (Rosenberg). The first person killed trying to cross the wall was Gunter Litfin on August 24, 1961 (Deardon) As people started to figure out the easy simple way cross the wall, the Wall's security tightened up and it made it harder for people to get across. Some of the simple attempts were throwing a rope and climbing over it, but other people were brash and rammed trucks and busses into it (Rosenberg). When the security got stronger, people that successfully made it over started to dig tunnels under the Wall and flew over them with hot air balloons, but the people that failed were either shot or captured and thrown into jail (Kempe 501). The successful attempts were lucky or very skilled and planned out, but for the failed attempts were sad and it left families hurt because that lost a member in their
Stalin wanted everyone to be communist and have a dictator. The Soviets in East Berlin were very mean to the civilians and tortured them. This is why the people tried to go to West Berlin. West Berlin was ruled by the United States, Britain, and France. It was a Democratic state and many people wanted to be there instead of East Berlin. Estimated 5,000 people made it safely across the wall during the time of the Wall (Rosenberg). The first person killed trying to cross the wall was Gunter Litfin on August 24, 1961 (Deardon) As people started to figure out the easy simple way cross the wall, the Wall's security tightened up and it made it harder for people to get across. Some of the simple attempts were throwing a rope and climbing over it, but other people were brash and rammed trucks and busses into it (Rosenberg). When the security got stronger, people that successfully made it over started to dig tunnels under the Wall and flew over them with hot air balloons, but the people that failed were either shot or captured and thrown into jail (Kempe 501). The successful attempts were lucky or very skilled and planned out, but for the failed attempts were sad and it left families hurt because that lost a member in their