Berlin from 1961 to 1989 was either a place of hardships and sacrifice‚ or peace and prosperity depending on which side of the Berlin Wall the Germans lived on. The two different governments that resided over Berlin could not have been more different‚ each enforcing their own laws‚ beliefs and propaganda on the people residing within their borders. West Germany‚ also known as the Federal Republic of Germany‚ was established on the twenty-third of May 1949‚ when the three allied forces occupying Germany
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Shepard Fairey Shepard Fairey was born on February 15‚ 1970. He has emerged as a street artist from the skateboarding scene. He is from Charleston‚ South Carolina. Shepard Fairey started his art career in 1984‚ when he put his art on skateboards and T-Shirts. Shepard Fairey went to Idyllwild Arts Academy‚ and he graduated in 1988. He also attended Rhode Island School of Design‚ where he graduated with a Bachelors Degree in 1992. His first art exhibition was in the summer of 2009. It was titled
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Annalyn Lovell #12 Informational Essay The Berlin wall was built in Germany on August 13‚ 1961. This separated western and eastern Germany. It surrounded all of east Germany and was built a little bit after World War two. This was such a big event because several people died trying to escape‚ and many families got separated. Of course this wall of danger and depression got torn down on November 9‚ 1989. First a question about this wall would be. Why was it put up in the first place? Well the
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The Berlin wall was built to efficiently cut-off Soviet-controlled East Berlin from the capitalistic west and stop East-Berliners fleeing towards the west (due to better economic conditions on the other side). Throughout the decades after the initial construction‚ the wall was improved and upgraded to become a virtually impermeable monument to oppression. It had mines‚ barbed wire‚ electric fences and guard posts. The population of East Berlin was forced to build the wall on the night of November
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During the 1960’s the Berlin wall was built to try to stop the number of emigrants crossing the border. It completely cut Berlin in half‚ the east were communists and the west were democrats. They built the wall within days‚ which ever side you happened to be on that night is the side you stayed on. There was no getting back across for any reason. They immediately had guards‚ guard dogs‚ and traps all along the wall to kill anyone near it. The people tried to fight against it‚ it did not benefit
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The Berlin Wall‚ three words which bring to mind some of the most turbulent and confusing years twentieth century Germany had ever seen. Often‚ when discussing this topic‚ most of the focus mainly surrounds the construction and destruction of this great barrier. Although these topics will be discussed at length‚ the reasons for its construction and later destruction began long before any sign of an official barrier made an appearance. After World War II‚ Germany was divided into four zones
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The Berlin Wall was created to separate the city Berlin into east and west where no one is allowed to cross the border. It was a barbed wired and concrete wall with very high levels of security which made it impossible to get to the other side. Before the wall was built‚ refugees were escaping from east Berlin to the West‚ especially skilled workers who found a better living under a democracy. After a large
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The Cold War started around the time of the end of World WarII (1945) and went on until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1991. Karl Marx‚ a German revolutionary‚ was critical of the societies of Europe and the US. He believed because they were dominated by capitalism‚ that they werenʼt for the masses‚ but for the individual. Well‚ thatʼs what communism is based on‚ but corruption has a way of bleeding in. Stalin and WWII Under Stalinʼs rule‚ the Soviets diverted resources to their military and
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Investigation The Berlin Wall was the result of both economic 1 and political bankruptcy of East Germany (GDR2) as a state‚ right after the Second Berlin Crisis‚ 1958-61. This investigation focuses on why the wall was constructed and the United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) motives behind it. In particular focusing on the Soviet-American relations before 1961‚ the incidents they were involved in‚ the blockade and the Berlin Crisis. These events are the core of the building of the Wall‚ and can so
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The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape by Brian Ladd examines the past political controversies and recounts Berlin’s troubled history. The value of this source is that there is meaningful information about the impacts on Berlin and the world after the war. He examines the decisions that were made to erect the Berlin Wall and the ramification of those decisions. A limitation of this source is that it was written in 1997‚ 36 years after the wall was built‚ political
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