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The Soviet Union went against their promises to the people of East Germany, and made East Germany a Communist country. This decision by the Soviet Union separated East Germany even more from the rest of Europe. East Germany was now all by itself, and by the summer of 1952 the border between East and West Germany was closed; only in Berlin was the border was still open. .
On June 17, 1953 the workers of East Germany were fed up, and they started a riot. By noon the riots had escalated and the workers from East Germany were marching through the Brandenburg Gate into West Germany with intension to combine with workers from West Germany. All of this came to an end when the Soviet Union called in tanks, and other troops, to take care of the riots. The Soviet tanks shot into the crowds of people killing many, and injuring many others, they even shot into the crowds in West Germany that were rioting. The people of East Germany realized that they were trapped in East Germany, and if they wanted out they would have to risk their lives in doing so. In the late 1950's approximately 8,000 to 10,000 people from East Germany left and each day they would move further and further west. .
Many of these people were from East Berlin, and the government of East Germany knew that they couldn't afford to loose all of these people. Their economy was suffering already, and with the loss of so many people the economy would be hopeless. Many of the people that were leaving were skilled trades men, or members of professions. There were many escape tunnels dug under the wall. The tunnel system was an unexpected resistance movement dug by hundreds of East Berlin students with thousands more willing to help. The first successful tunnel was in an East Berlin Graveyard. Mourners brought flowers to a grave and then dropped out of sight. More than half of the emigrants between 1949 and 1961 were under the age of 24. For people under 60 years old, lawful emigration was not easy.
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 ...
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...
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...
