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    Tear Down This Wall Analysis Following the fall of the Third Reich at the end of WWII Germany was split between east and west into two different countries. In the east the German Democratic Republic was under communist rule and was supported by the Soviet Union. The Federal German Republic was a democracy that was part of NATO. As part of the division of Germany following WWII, Berlin, the capital of Germany was divided evenly between the two nations. However, the entire city of Berlin was deep inside

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    The Berlin wall had many events that led up to its construction. Some Major economic, political and social events that caused the building of the berlin wall were world war II which had both economic and political events, the cold war (political), the berlin blockade (economic), the berlin crisis (political), John F. Kennedys speech (social) and the four-power agreement (political). World war two was a political event because it was between countries and it was an economic event because it left Germany

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    Essay On The Berlin Wall

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    grey gloomy sky, encasing the city of Berlin in its shadow. For the people who were trapped inside the confines of the wall, the structure was a constant reminder of the freedom in which their next-door neighbour held. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to separate West and East Berlin. The story about how it came to be and the eventual struggle of the people who found themselves trapped are an important piece of world history. The presence of the Berlin Wall was also marked with escape attempts,

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    Berlin Wall Game

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    fence and concrete wall would be known as the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was built to keep Western “fascists”, followers of a political side, out of East Germany. The GDR also wanted them to stay out because they would weaken the socialist state. In June of 1945, when World War II was ending, the GDR split the nation into four “allied occupation zones.” The Eastern part of Germany went to the Soviet Union, while as the West joined the U.S, Great Britain, France’s land (Berlin Wall). The three point

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    Berlin Wall Dbq

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    Due to the Berlin wall families were divided, and no physical connection was able to be made from each side. Jobs from the East and West side of Berlin were cut off. The reason given to the East Berliners for putting the wall up was too, put off aggression from the West, even though the wall pointed inward to East German territory. During the wall's 30 year history, unstable and varying reports claim that either 192 or 239 people were killed trying to cross the wall. Interestingly enough, through

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    Depicting Berlin Wall Separation In August of 1961 one city became two separated by a wall. Families were divided and lives torn apart from the separation. The East side was ruled by communism while the West side was democratic. The wall became known as the Berlin Wall, and it stayed there for twenty-nine years. During that time, East Berlin became terribly poor under the iron fist rulings of communism. West Berlin, on the other hand, prospered economically. Then, in 1989, the wall finally began

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    Success of the fall of the Berlin wall The Cold War Started in 1947 only two years after the end of World War two and lasted well into 1991. It was a state of geopolitical tension mainly between two superpowers the Soviet Union and the United States as well as there allies. The Communist Government of Germany began building the Berlin wall on August 13, 1961. The wall separated Belin into two sides, the west known as the Federal Republic of germany (FRG) and the east the German Democratic Republic

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    Berlin Wall Report

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    years since the day Berlin Wall, which separated East and West Berlin for 28 years, fell on the 9th November 1989. To commemorate this triumphant event and celebrate the freedom that came with it, we are dedicating this week's newspaper to the Fall of the Berlin Wall, with background information about the event, to people’s responses and personal stories, to how this event affected New Zealand. ____________________________________ People of Berlin standing on the wall ___________________________________

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    Berlin Wall Description

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    The Berlin Wall In the end, it gave me great pleasure to perish in the hands of those that I had held captive for so long. My downfall when compared to my uprising was a slow process in many ways, and was both agognizing and beautiful all at once. For I am the Berlin Wall, and I was widely known for my accelerated and startling construction, the many lives that were saved and lost in trying to cross me, and although my destruction was definite, how I am still alive today. The construction of

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    Berlin Wall Dbq

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    The Berlin Wall was erected on August 13, 1961. After World War II, Germany was divided into four Allied occupation zones; Berlin, the German capital, was also divided into occupation sectors, even though it was located deep within the Soviet zone (History.com). In post war Germany, Cold War tensions grew, from situations such as the Berlin Blockade and the US’ Berlin Airlift (History.com). Not only were Cold War tensions growing but East Germany was now under a communist system (History.com). West

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