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RISE AND FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
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Photo: Nelson Minar
GERMANY: A DIVIDED COUNTRY 1945-1990
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Photo: Theirry Noir. 1986
END OF WORLD WAR II
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Winston Churchill (UK) Harry S. Truman (US)
Josef Stalin (USSR)
These leaders met to discuss what would happen with Germany after
WW2.
OCCUPATION ZONES
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Berlin & Germany were divided into four
sectors after WW2
BERLIN AIRLIFT (1948-1949)
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The Soviet set up a blockade around Berlin, so the Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the
people in West Berlin.
TWO GERMANIES :: TWO FLAGS
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German Democratic Republic
(East Germany)
Federal Republic of Germany
(West Germany)
LEAVING EAST GERMANY 1951
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Families began to leave East Germany in hopes of gaining freedom in West Germany. Would you have tried to leave?
THE BUILDING OF THE BERLIN WALLAUGUST 13, 1961
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Source: Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz/ Klaus Lehnartz
Willy Brandt watches from West Germany as the wall is
built.
The wall was built in the middle of the night. Many families were separated and
people lost their jobs.
How would you have felt if part of your family was
separated during this time?
BUILDING OF THE BERLIN WALL 1961
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People waived to friends and family on the other side
of the wall.
GERMANY: CENTER OF THE COLD WAR
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Soldiers from the U.S. Army Berlin Command face off against police from the former East Germany during one of several standoffs at Checkpoint Charlie in 1961.
THE DEATH STRIP
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Eventually, there were two walls with barbed wire and watchtowers with armed soldiers. People that tried to escape were shot and killed.
ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE TO THE WEST
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Memorial for the victims of the
wall, Berlin
136 people died trying to escape to
West Berlin
FLIGHT TO THE WEST
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100’s of people were able to escape from the East to the West
FLIGHT TO THE WEST
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People hid in cars that were driven to the West, some dug tunnels and some even travelled by hot air balloon!
"WALLED IN!" GERMANY'S INNER BORDER
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Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwQsTzGkbiY
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY 1963
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Source: Robert Knudsen
John F. Kennedy's phonetic transcription of the German and Latin phrases in the “Ich bin ein Berliner“ (I Am a Berliner) speech.
"Ich bin ein Berliner"
2 DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
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Democratic Communist
LIFE IN THE EAST
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In the East, citizens were only allowed to buy products that the government made or allowed.
LIFE IN THE EAST
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-Luxury items were priced way out of proportion to people’s salaries. A black and white TV might cost 10 times a person’s monthly salary
-You could only watch one of a few government channels on TV
-Many families lived in a home that had no bathtub or shower, only a sink and a toilet.
LEGAL WAY TO LEAVE
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An East German family after their arrival in West Germany. The family tried to leave the GDR legally and had to wait for over 8 years before finally receiving their departure permit.
Request form for leaving East Germany
Source: http://www.ddr-ausreise.de
WESTERN SIDE WALL
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Request form for leaving East Germany
Source: http://www.ddr-ausreise.de
People on the West used the wall as a place to express their views on the wall
THE COLD WAR ENDED…GORBACHEV
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Mikhail GorbachevLeader of the Soviet Union
Ronald ReaganPresident of the
United States
RONALD REAGAN AT THE BERLIN WALL 1987
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“”Mr. Gorbachev, tear
down this wall!”
JUNE 1989HUNGARY OPENS ITS BORDER TO AUSTRIA
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Source: www1.karlsruhe.de
HUNGARY OPENED BORDERS TO THE WEST
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NOVEMBER 9, 1989 OPENING OF THE WALL
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Source: Sue Ream
People began to stand and cross the wall, eventually
tearing it down.
THE WALL AS A SOUVENIR
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BRANDENBURG GATE A SYMBOL OF SEPARATION AND UNITY OF GERMANY
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