The 300 watchtowers, the twenty-two bunkers, the guns, the border guards, the dogs, the death strip, Checkpoint Charlie-they are all gone. 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 once known as the "death strip," the Bernauer Strasse is where East Germans made dramatic leaps to freedom from upper story windows and where the largest number died attempting to escape. .
Erected in 1961, the wall stood for twenty eight years before crumbling in the face of mass protests in November 1989. That is how the story of the wall ends. But it began in stealth and secrecy 40 years ago. In the early mornigh hours of August 13, 1961, the top secret top-secret operationwas carried out by the military and police, under the direction of the future head of the German Democratic Republic, Erich Honecker. It was made to stop theflight of GDR citizens, espically skilled workers, to West Berlin.
Berliners called the Wall "das Unding"-the Monstrosity. Before it was raised at least 588 people died fleeing the GDR including 25 border guards. And on the anniversary of its erection, Berliners remember. They remember how their world became. They remember the fury and the helplessness of suddenly feeling caged in their grey little nation. .
As the sun peeded over the horizon on a beautigul Sunday morning, most East Berliners sleep, unaware that construction of a wall has begun. But a few thousand border crossers, who work on the other side of the wall. Mostly hotel and restaurant employees, their jobs are made profitabel by uneven exchange rates. Each day they make the trip to West Berlin. But this morning is different. People scream to each other "the border is closed!" No subway cars are runing westward. The communist party has found a way to secure its future-by walling its people in. East Berliners waken to a nightmare. For almost a decade, East Germany's 600 mile border has been sealed by barbed wire and twelve foot high electric fence.
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. ...
There were many dramatic and interesting escapes to the west after the Berlin wall went up. ... The wall was taken down in 1989, when Mikhal Gorbachev officially declared the end of the Berlin Wall. ... One major reason for the Soviets to build the Berlin Wall was the economic distress they suffered. ... The first concrete square blocks were used on August 15, 1961, and within the next months, the first generation of the Berlin Wall was build up: a wall consisting of concrete and square blocks. ... Families finally reunited as the wall was taken down and the Berlin Wall came to an end ...
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...
