There were many dramatic and interesting escapes to the west after the Berlin wall went up. Some of the most interesting were the building of a underground tunnel that connected a old bakery from the west to some back yard toilets in the east, capturing a boat and tying the captain up after he got drunk and taking the boat to West Berlin, and hiding in a car with no top and no windshield as the driver does not stop to be inspected and goes rite under the barriers. One of the most interesting escapes came from two families who worked on a hot air balloon in their basement. The men drilled and soldered together gas burners, platforms and a makeshift flamethrower, while the woman stitched a sixty foot wide and seventy five foot high balloon out of curtains, bed sheets and other fabrics. The couples had just enough fuel to get in the air and barely floated over the Wall on Sept. 15, 1979. When Nazi Germany surrendered at the end of WWII, the allied powers signed the Potsdam Agreement, a treaty that determined the borders for Germany and Berlin. Germany was split into four sections, the largest being the Soviets section, which was the Eastern part of Germany. The western section belonged to France, Britain and USA. This all made since because the Soviets were already stationed in the East at the end of the war. But since the capital, Berlin, lay in the Eastern part of Germany, they divided it up the same way, the Soviets in the east and the Americans, French and British in the west. The Americans soon passed the Marshall plan, which pumped loads of money into West Germany and all the other Western countries to raise their economy. While the economy of West Germany began to rise, the one of East Germany began to fall. Many East Germans began to move west, where they could live a much better life. The Soviets had to do something to stop the fleeing of East Germans. In 1952, the East German government closed the border between East and West Germany, but people could still move to West Berlin, as many East Germans did.
The Berlin Wall was a symbol for the Cold War Era. ... I would have waited to the fall of the Berlin Wall. ... He insisted on building the Berlin Wall. ... At least a hundred people died on the wall of the Berlin Wall. ... There are still reminders of the Berlin Wall. ...
He also used reliable resources such as the interviews of others who lived through the building of the Wall in The Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall starts by telling a little information about the Wall itself. ... It explains why a wall separated East Berlin from West Berlin. ... This book would be very useful to people who do not know about the Berlin Wall. ... The Berlin Wall also explained how the wall went up in the middle of the night and how tight restrictions were on it. ...
My topic is "The Fall of The Berlin Wall" , Communism and politics. The Berlin wall was built in 1961. ... The Berlin wall was constructed as a heavily forted barrier that is about 26 miles long. Berlin was a focal point for changes. the fall of the Berlin wall which will always be remember as the end of "The Cold War". this made west available to the middle east resulting in widespread chaos. ... There where only 2 opening in the Berlin wall. ...
Only 420 feet of the Berlin Wall remain mainly in the Bernauer Strasse in the city's Wedding district as a tourist attraction. ... It was made to stop theflight of GDR citizens, espically skilled workers, to West Berlin. ... Each day they make the trip to West Berlin. ... The word wall was never spoken. ... West Berlin radio issued the first panicky news reports of the commotion in the streets. ...
Even though the wall itself was not built until 1961, the Berlin Wall was the enduring symbol of that "Iron Curtain." ... The Berlin Wall was erected for one main reason: to keep East Berliners from escaping to West Berlin. ... As a result, at 2:00 A.M. on August 13th, the Soviet Union began the construction of the Berlin Wall (Berlin). After the Berlin Wall's erection, living with it was not an easy task. ... At that moment it meant the end of the Berlin Wall. ...
In order to prevent the migration of individuals, on 13 August 1961 the city of Berlin was segregated in two by a wall built under the orders of the GDR leader, Ulbricht ("A World Divided"). ... The most heavily fortified section of the wall included electric fences, watchtowers, and automatic guns and a less-fortified wall encircled West Berlin completely, keeping all East Germans out of West Berlin" (Sara Ann McGill par 4). ... As the conflicts of the Cold War were intensifying in Europe, the Berlin Wall became the symbol of two opposing ideologies; capitalism in the West and...
The Berlin Wall, for twenty-eight years, separated friends, families, and a nation. ... This idea, thought up by some unknown person, became the infamous Berlin Wall. ... The Berlin Wall was built on August 13, 1961. ... The Berlin Wall was 96 miles long. ... Soon after the free passage was allowed the Berlin Wall was taken down. ...
On August 13, 1961 the Berlin Wall was built and devided the city of Berlin for more than 28 years. ... This idea, thought up by some unknown person, became the infamous Berlin Wall. ... The Berlin Wall was 96 miles long. ... When the Wall was being built, the West began to protests and give speeches that did not allow the complete isolation of East Berlin. ... Not long after the free passage was allowed the Berlin Wall was taken down. ...
For example, "the one wall becomes two walls, the speaker's wall a philosophically differentiated structure, the neighbor's wall a mere landmark of past clichés- (Kearns). ... Kennedy when he inspected the Berlin Wall. "As he inspected the Berlin Wall he quoted the poem's first line: "Something there is that doesn't love a wall."" ... Kennedy's use of the first line, he implied that not everyone loves a wall, as many detested the Berlin Wall. The people in East Berlin constantly tried to escape through the wall into democratic West Berlin, but most died in t...
