BURLIN WALL Imagine living in a place where there was a wall preventing families to go to a better place‚ where people couldn’t be what they want or say what they want… the only thing that was holding them back was a wall. A wall that held bombs‚ barbed wire‚ dogs‚ and men armed and ready to shoot. In 1961‚ that’s exactly what happened. The German Democratic Republic put the wall up to surround all of West Berlin to where no one could get in and only the west side could go out.. Before the wall‚ West
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Berlin Wall Short Story The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on August 13th 1961‚ the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989. The end of World War II triggered the start of the Cold War. The victors of WWII‚ The United States‚ Great Britain‚ France and the Soviet Union divided Germany and Berlin into
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we can conclude that in many cases the people of Germany have been effected socially and economically by the building and construction of the Berlin Wall. I. Background A. Beginning construction B. Closing borders C. Pre-Berlin Wall II. History A. Cold War B. World War II C. Economy III. Post- Berlin Wall effects A. Economic examples B. Political examples Conclusion In the last fifty years the German Democratic Republic has been
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is The Berlin Wall? On August 13th‚ 1961‚ the communist government of the German Democratic Republic also known for East Germany‚ began to build a wired and concrete wall known as the Antifascistischer Schutzwall (Anti-Fascist Protection Wall) (anti fascists is a anti governmental system led by a dictator having complete power‚ criticism‚ and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.) right between East and West Berlin. The main purpose of this construction of the Berlin Wall was to
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International A Wall Divides Berlin “Today the endangered frontier of freedom runs through divided Berlin.” President Kennedy‚ on July 22‚ 1961‚ three weeks before the Berlin Wall was erected. A grim convoy of tanks and troops wound through eastern Berlin in the predawn hours of August 13‚ 1961. By sunrise‚ East German soldiers had stretched barbed wire across the city‚ cutting off the Communist sector from the capitalist. The wire was soon replaced by a network of concrete walls and electrified
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events leading up to the Berlin Wall crashing down that on November 9th 1989 yet no one ever expected to wake up on that day only to find out that the wall was open and a divided Berlin‚ a divided Germany‚ was no more. Some say that the wall fell down gradually then all at once‚ and some Americans say that the wall fell down thanks to President Ronald Reagan’s speech by the Brandenburg Gate‚ West Berlin in 1987 where Reagan demands “Mr Gorbachev‚ tear down this wall”. This speech from Reagan
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is its generation. Three things influence a generation: an important event‚ an important person‚ and an important part of the culture. From the ‘80s there are three lasting definitions: Reagan’s “Berlin Wall!” speech‚ Ms. Howe (a progeny of the age)‚ and the popular music of the decade. The “Berlin Wall” speech is the most notable event of the decade‚ and its impact on global politics has lasted into the modern age. Ms. Howe grew up in the ‘80s and has thus been influenced by that age. What she does
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Summary of The Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was one the most prominent symbols of the Iron Curtain that the Soviet Union had created to contain and control the people of Eastern Europe and the rest of its territory. It serves as an example of the anarchy and the pursuit of self-interest the international system‚ particularly after a time after one superpower fell and a fierce competition of bipolar powers remained. After the end of World War II‚ the four ally countries divided up German territory
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Berlin Wall During August 13‚ 1951‚ the communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete barrier between Eastern and Western Berlin; this was to keep Western Fascists from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state. The Berlin Wall was built because of Economics and Political views. Economically‚ too many well-educated people moved from East Germany‚ and some worked in West Berlin and lived in East Berlin (it’s cheaper there)‚ so
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of the Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was more than just a barrier and a physical division of east and West Berlin. It was a symbolic boundary between communism and capitalism that separated many families and friends. Between the years of 1949 and 1961‚ a steadily rising number of skilled workers‚ intellectuals‚ and professionals fled from east to West Germany. In response to this loss‚ East Germany built a barrier to close off East Germans´ access to West Berlin. That barrier‚ the Berlin Wall‚ was
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