The Berlin Wall was a massive structure (during 1961-1989) that separated East and West Germany‚ affecting many lives and causing disruption of peace. In August 13‚ 1961 the German Communist party built a wall to keep fascists out. The wall stood for over 20 years separating families and keeping business from spreading. The wall spread over 100 miles across Germany and proposed a threat to cross it. In the United States there were concerns about the wall‚ and how it would affect the economy. The
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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
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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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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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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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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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The Berlin Wall separated the people of East Berlin from the people in West Berlin. It separated families‚ kept people from their jobs‚ and caused people to die. It was erected in an effort to save East Berlin’s economy‚ but in the end it did so much more. The fleeing of residents of East Berlin to West Berlin affected the Soviet Union and East Berlin in two ways. The first of which was economic. By 1958‚ 15% of the population of East Berlin had fled to West Berlin. East Berlin’s economy provided
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