Berlin Wall Research Paper

On August 12, more than 2400 people left East Germany just that day. The massive exodus of the East Germans created conflict that the Russians dealt with by creating the Berlin wall. The crisis of the Berlin wall was a political conflict first started by physical conflict. The strikes of East Berlin resulted in the violent suppression of the people of East Germany. The Berlin wall was created to stop the frightened people of East Berlin from defecting to
West Germany, creating the political conflict created by the Russians compromising the East Berliners ability to move about the world freely. The Soviets tried to control the number of defectors to the West by building the Berlin wall, creating conflict for East Germans by compromising the rights and freedoms of the East Germans. …show more content…
When WWII ended (1945) 2 Allied peace conferences were held to decide the fate of the German territories(History.com). At the peace conference the Allies split Germany into occupation zones that were divided from East to West (History.com). The Western zone consisted of the USA, Great Britain, and the French territories (Staff). The Eastern section of Germany belonged do the Soviet Union(history.com). Berlin was located deep in Eastern Germany(History.com). The Allies were allowed to occupy West Berlin due to the peace treaty. West Germany becomes the FRG short for the Federal Republic of Germany.(Burkhardt). Eastern Germany becomes the GDR or the German Democratic Republic (Burkhardt). This shows how the 2 main groups became separated. The agreement will cause conflict between the two powers. The Soviet Union then declared the GDR a soviet state(History.com). The GDR became a communist state. These factors greatly influenced the mass exodus of people from the East to the West. Created part of the political conflict which lead to Russia wanting to build the