Crisis of East Germany was a defining period of the Cold War‚ during which both superpowers fought for control over the most highly contested nation in Europe. It can be seen that the major factor in this crisis was the division of Germany into two sectors; East and West Germany and the subsequent attempts by the two superpowers to control both. Following the rapid spread of the Soviet grip over Europe‚ it was in the interests of the USSR to gain control of Germany in its entirety; that is East and West
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of East Germany also known as The German Democratic Republic (GDR) during the cold war. They had a large amount of informants‚ agents and military trained police. They focused on espionage and political security. In its 39 years at least 1/3 of the East German population came under Stasi surveillance‚ arrest‚ detention‚ or torture. The East German government‚ with the assistance of the Soviet intelligence community‚ established the Stasi on February 8‚ 1950 to maintain communist rule in East Germany
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(300) West Germany and Berlin was split into the three countries with similar political views on how to run the country/city‚ Britain‚ France and the USA. The country was a democratic and they elected Konrad Adenaur as their own leader. West Germany (German Democratic Republic) built up the German economy and made Germany one of the wealthiest countries in Europe at the time. It was called the ‘German economic miracle.’ Before the late 1950’s‚ it was easy for West Berliners to visit East Berlin with
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East Germany in Wolfgang Becker film «Goodbye Lenin!»: Does the movie paint a positive or negative picture of life in communist East Germany? East Germany‚ its demise relayed through the mass media of recent history‚ has in popular consciousness been posited as negative‚ a corrupt bulwark of the last dying days of Communism in Eastern Europe‚ barren and silent. The other Germany to its West‚ it’s citizens free‚ was striding confidently ahead into the millennium. Recent cinema has sought to examine
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Effects of The Cold War on Germany When looking at the Cold War most everyone begins to think about the United States and the Soviet Union. Even though these were the major countries that brought it up there are also other countries that people sometimes leave out of the picture. Take Germany for example during the Cold War period Germany was dealing with positive and negative effects that it was producing. The negative effects can be seen in the division of Germany itself and the construction
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West vs East Germany After World War II‚ Germany was in ruins and the world was divided. In a famous speech Churchill expressed his view that an Iron Curtain had now descended across Europe (Harbutt 551)‚ “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic‚ an iron curtain has descended across the Continent” (Perry 452). The “Iron Curtain” that had fallen across Europe‚ separated the West and East. A Cold War had begun between the two major powers: The U.S and Soviet Union. It was Capitalism\Democracy
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Differences of East and West European Economies Before and After Communism After World War II‚ Europe was divided along the Iron Curtain‚ a political‚ military‚ and ideological barrier constructed by the Soviet Union to separate itself and its allies from noncommunist areas. The West‚ defined by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)‚ members were Belgium‚ Canada‚ Denmark‚ France‚ Iceland‚ Italy‚ Luxembourg‚ the Netherlands‚ Norway‚ Portugal‚ the United Kingdom‚ and the United States
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A PLACE WHICH NEEDS ATTENTION: THE EAST The term Orientalism‚ was used by the West‚ to define the East. Orientalism is the perspective of the West‚ the way they see the East. The West here‚ is the Western Europe and the East is rest of it. Also Said divided Orientalism into two groups which are “latent and manifest Orientalism.” Nineteenth century scholars were mostly interested in Manifest Orientalism which is things we can observe about the Orient like language‚ literature‚ art‚ history. Most
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Erika Riemann’s oral testimony on life in East Germany during the Cold War Erika Riemann was a teenager living in East Germany at the end of World War II. Her oral testimony describes her experiences as a political prisoner during the cold war. She was arrested in 1945 for drawing a bow on a portrait of Stalin that hung in her school classroom. At the time of her arrest she was only 14 years old. After World War II Germany was left devastated and in ruins. There had been massive destruction
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East is East is a comedy written by ayub kahn-din‚ it’s set in Salford‚ Manchester‚ the play is set during the 1970s‚ however‚ it was written in 1996. The play addresses the on-going conflict around the country along with the conflict in the Khan family. He loosely based it off his own family when he was growing up and how his dad pushed the Pakistani culture onto his kids well he wasn’t always sticking to his own culture. The types of conflicts that are shown in the play are inter cultural‚ interpersonal
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