The Berlin Wall : A Secret History

In August 1961, the Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushchev ordered for the construction of the Berlin Wall. This was built entirely on East Berlin soil but surrounded West Berlin to stop the East Berliners from crossing (and fleeing) into West Berlin. There are other reasons why the wall was built, such as Kennedy’s refusal to back down from Khrushchev’s threats and the need to prevent a nuclear war.

Your reflection in the mirror is a lot more different than you might think. Your reflection is a parallel universe of the one you are in and vise-Versa. But as well as the differences, there are similar qualities. Well on the topic of Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation there were differences and similarities as well. You can compare and contrast Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation like looking into a mirror. Things were opposite or reverse to one another. You can find the story of both towns or plantations in the Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience in your English 3 class on page 72 for Jamestown or page 78 for Plymouth Plantation.

WWI Propaganda Differences in Countries President William McKinley once said, “Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.” These differences are especially noticeable in World War One (WWI) propaganda. The differences in some propaganda is subtle, and in others is a blaring, neon sign. The differences could be in language, audience, color scheme, tone, or even graphics.

The Berlin Wall, a heavily monitored and weaponized barrier between eastern and western Berlin that was built by the communist controlled east Germany on August 13th 1961. The Berlin Wall was an important symbol of Germanys development after the war which can be seen through the motives behind its construction, the effect this split had on Germany, and its demolition on November 9th 1989. A symbol of the separation between democratic and communist powers, the Berlin Wall would prove to be a product of the tensions between these two ideologies and the source of grief in a separated Germany.

The Berlin Wall had a major impact on humanity’s views on how society should be ruled. Berlin is the capital of Germany. After the ending of WWII, Berlin was split up into East Berlin, and West Berlin. East Berlin was communist, suffered from the repressions of the Communist Party. West Berlin had a better lifestyle, and had financial aid from the United States. From the years between nineteen forty-nine to nineteen sixty-one, approximately 2.5 million people from East Berlin escaped to West Berlin. This toll included skilled workers, professionals, and intellectuals. Because of the loss of these people, the economy in East Berlin was threatened. On August twelve-thirteen, nineteen sixty-one, the Berlin was built in order to stop the people of East Berlin from fleeing. The Berlin wall was a major point during the Cold War, and many opposed it. It gave another reason to detest communism.

At the beginning of the Cold War, the communist government in East Germany (GDR) and the Soviet Union agreed that a wall, restricting the people’s free access to the west (Allies), was the only way to solve the mass exodus that threatened the East German economy and made the Soviet Union look inferior to their rival the United States. The Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin, was constructed, and the East Berliners were trapped behind a desperate and failing Iron Curtain until a revolution finally led to their freedom.

The Berlin War that partitioned sections of Berlin from 1961 to 1989 was both physical and psychological. What started as a means of preventing educated workers from leaving the Communist controlled sector of Berlin for the western controlled sectors became a hotspot of tension and conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States. The Berlin Wall stood as a physical line of demarcation for the ideological differences between the two “Super Powers” of the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union.

On August 12, 1961, the Berlin Wall was built to separate East Berlin (German Democratic Republic) from West Berlin (The Federal Republic of Germany). The Wall has a “ 66 mile concrete section that was 3.6 metres high, with a further 41 miles of barbed wire fencing and more than 300 manned lookout towers”6 and was meant to separate superpowers Britain, France, and the United States from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). It lead to countless problems such as social separations, family breakages, starvation, deaths due to low living standards, hatred among politicians within a country, among others. The Berlin Wall perhaps helped the American policy of containment winning people's support.

The Berlin Wall is a historical symbol of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall is a symbol of the end of the Cold War. And also, the Berlin Wall played a great role in the life of millions of people and defined the fate of German people, which put them apart by the Wall for a long period of time. Sixteen years after the end of World War II, the communist government of East Germany began building a wall on (August 13, 1961), that would divide the city of Berlin into East Berlin and West Berlin. The purpose was to keep fascists from entering East Germany, but mostly to keep West German citizens, primarily people of valuable professions such as doctors, teachers and engineers, from Changing side to the West. People of Berlin Called the wall Schandmaur, which actually means " The wall of shame". Over the years of the wall being constructed it took at least 3x times to rebuild it, but each time bigger than the last one.

The Berlin Wall, built in August of 1961, was a physical symbol of the division between East and West Germany. After World War II, East Germany, also known as the German Democratic Republic, constructed a wall that remained an indication of the divide of Germany for almost thirty years. The purpose of this barrier was to separate democratic West Germany from communist East Germany. During the Cold War, crossing this concrete wall was not an easy task, and it most likely led to punishment and death.

The Berlin Wall was constructed due to the difference in political ideologies between the Soviet Union and the allies. The Soviet Union believed communism was the prime system to run Germany, whilst the Allies preferred capitalism. The Soviet Union came up with their own solution to solve the issue, and before German citizens knew it, the East Berlin construction workers had built the Berlin blockade as directed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR), controlled by the Soviets.1

First I will talk about the Berlin Wall. On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the GDR( or East Germany/ German Democratic Republic) began to build a concrete wall with barbed wire on it, and started to build it between East Germany and West Germany. It was called “Antifaschistischer Schutzwall” or “Antifascist Bulwark”. Its purpose was to keep West “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the Socialist state. But its real purpose was the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West. The

The Berlin wall was built in 1961, but it was not just one wall, it was three generations of a structure. It had been 16 years after the end of world war two, Berlin had been divided into two parts, east and west. The east was controlled by the German Democratic Republic and the west was controlled by the Federal Republic of Germany. The west was the side of Berlin that has Capitalism and Democracy while the east side was the side with Communism. This essay is going to answer the question as to why did the Berlin wall get built in 1961, and the three reasons of why are because of emigration, fascism, and communism.

As we know, the Berlin Wall was majorly known as a symbol of the Cold War. However, the cause of the Berlin Wall was also an international issue. The Battle of Berlin, with the death of Hitler and complete military defeat on the Eastern Front, resulting in the Soviets occupying Berlin with services and distributing food to the population of the city’s inhabitants. After the soviet saw a mass decrease in population of the east side of Germany they threatened the United States zone in the west side with the use of nuclear weapons over this issue, but the United States alone with many other western European countries were committee to defending the land of West Berlin. Throughout the night of August 12-13, 1961, the soviets on the east side built

The Berlin wall was built by the Soviets in August 1961 and separated Communist East Berlin from Democratic West Berlin. It was built as a way to prevent people in East Berlin from escaping to West Berlin. People in East Berlin were experiencing their economy decreasing under Communism, whereas West Berlin was experiencing economic growth. Several year’s earlier the Soviet Union’s leader Leonid Khrushchev had wanted to sign a treaty saying no one from East Berlin could flee over to West Berlin to be free. Khrushchev used the Soviet’s nuclear bombs as threats and Kennedy told Khrushchev that any attack on West Berlin would be an attack on