The Berlin wall was built over night between the 13 - 14th of August 1961. The wall was constructed by the German Democratic Republic‚ to divide West Germany from the East.The wall was built for two major reasons. Economics‚ too many people were living in East Germany ( because it was cheaper ) and then working over in West Germany‚ therefore the DDR ( the group that decided to build the Old photo of the Berlin wallwall ) lost money. The second is that the west side was interfering with the east
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During Stalin’s regime he implemented many new domestic policies. One of these policies included his First Five Year Plan. In 1933 he delivered a speech to the central Communist Party about the outcomes of this plan. The origin of the source is Joeseph stalin‚ who addressed the results of his this Five Year Plan after it had been in place for the five years. The country of origin of this source was the U.S.S.R.‚ which was under Communsit rule at the time. Stalin’s purpose in presenting the speech
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Task 1 LITERARY ANALYSIS: READING POETRY AND WRITING THE ESSAY Pre-writing exercise 1 • Man: This primarily mean adult male but can designate any human being regardless of sex or age. Wikipedia (2011) • Wall: This is an upright structure of wood‚ plaster or any building material serving to enclose‚ divide or protect an area. Wikipedia (2011) • Berlin Wall: This is the wall that separated East Germany from West Germany. Wikipedia (2011) • Wailing Wall of Jerusalem: It is the remnant of the
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John le Carré: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold This book is a spy story‚ about bluffs between the British Secret Service and the German Democratic Republic. I found it very difficult to understand. The stroy occurs during the Cold War‚ in the 1950s and 1960s. The main character is Alec Leamas‚ a british agent in charge of East German espionage. He is recalled to the Circus‚ because there are no agents left. Control asks him to ’stay in the cold’. That means one last mission for
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What year was the Berlin Wall built and who built it? The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 by the Soviet Army. What did the Berlin Wall create? The Berlin Wallhe East from its capitalistic enemy‚ the West. It was also built to control the unstoppable flood of emigration from East to West Berlin. What is Berlin’s poorest district? Berlin’s poorest district is Kreuzberg. What does the Kurfurstendamn district of Berlin symbolize? Kurfurstendamn is a showcase of western consumer goods and the
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Question The Stories ‘The Day the World Almost Came to an End’ and ‘The Man Of The House’ are stories about childhood experiences. With the aid of close reference to the text‚ compare and contrast: (a) The experiences of the major characters; (b) The kinds of persons these characters are; (c) One major social theme that each author appears to react to in the story; ‘The Day the World Almost Came to an End’ is a poem by Pearl Crayton. It’s about a twelve year old girl‚ who thought the world
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Germany 1945-1990 WEST: Adenauer 1949-63 He faced three main issues when he came to power. First‚ 2 million Germans were unemployed and that very clearly showed by the poor performance of the economy. Second‚ his party the CDU did not obtain a full majority and depended on the votes of the liberals in order to stay in power. Third‚ by 1949‚ the existence of W Germany wasn’t quite official yet as they had been no post WWII peace treaty yet and thus the FRG’s existence was still unclear. 1955
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The Cold War was a clash between the Capitalists in American and the Communism in USSR‚ which are both to blame for the starting of the war. In the latter half of the twentieth century is the central place of American civilization in which Stephen Whitfield gives us an inside to the world as it once was and how it is now a thing of the past. Stephen’s goal was to open the eyes to those who were not around during this time and to those who were‚ might bring up ancient memories of how things used to
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1949 Work Strike The 1949 longshore strike was a very important event in the development of the ILWU in Hawai‘i and also in the development of labor unity necessary for a modern labor movement. The 171 day strike changed the colonial wage pattern for Hawai‘i workers received lower pay than their West Coast co-workers‚ even though they worked for the same company and did the same work. While pay equality was the major bargaining issue‚ the strike marked a last ditch attempt by the Big 5
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1940’s Decade‚ Political Leaders/Historical Events The start of the 1940’s‚ it wasn’t something to be glad of‚ the second world war‚ a major event that occurred almost half the decade; was taking place and has Hitler‚ a major politician and leader of the Nazi Party may have been the cause of the major deadly historical event. World War II was fought between two sides‚ the Allies and the Axis powers. In the Allies side consisting of the U.S‚ Soviet Union and the UK‚ with political leaders Franklin
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