The 3rd of August 1961 one of most historic parts of the Cold War took place, the formation of the Berlin Wall. This was due to the Communist Government of the German Democratic Republic. Their goal was to split East and West Berlin to prevent Westerns from entering Germany. The formation of this wall split families, friends and loves ones. November 9th 1989 is known as the day of the ‘‘Fall of the Berlin Wall.’’ On this day the gates where finally opened. It was not until October 3rd 1990 that the East and West where officially reunited. After the fall of the wall a concert called The Wall was hosted in Berlin on the 20th of August 1990 with performances from Roger Walters Pink Floyd and many others. (A&E Television Networks, 2016).
Australia always was strongly opposed to the construction of the Berlin Wall ever since early 1960. During this time Australia did not have an embassy in the Germany Democratic (Evans, 1989). In 1992 a piece of the berlin wall appeared in Narrabundah, Canberra. …show more content…
At the time he was the Soviet Leader he gave permission to build the wall and strongly believed it was necessary. He wanted to reinforce the division of Germany and Europe and believed this would help (Valesco, 2007).
The most significant person involved in the Berlin Wall was Walter Ulbricht whom was the East German Leader. He wanted a stable industry for the East of Germany. To do this he convinced Khrushchev to wall of the West in hopes to stabilize the East of Germany (Valesco, 2007).
The outcomes from the Berlin Wall included people no longer being able to escape communism by leaving East Berlin for West Berlin. If communism had continued people would have left East Germany in large numbers leaving those who stayed struggling to survive. Another outcome was the segregation of family and loss of employment for thousands and anyone who tried to cross was shot dead by the guards (ABC,
Australia always was strongly opposed to the construction of the Berlin Wall ever since early 1960. During this time Australia did not have an embassy in the Germany Democratic (Evans, 1989). In 1992 a piece of the berlin wall appeared in Narrabundah, Canberra. …show more content…
At the time he was the Soviet Leader he gave permission to build the wall and strongly believed it was necessary. He wanted to reinforce the division of Germany and Europe and believed this would help (Valesco, 2007).
The most significant person involved in the Berlin Wall was Walter Ulbricht whom was the East German Leader. He wanted a stable industry for the East of Germany. To do this he convinced Khrushchev to wall of the West in hopes to stabilize the East of Germany (Valesco, 2007).
The outcomes from the Berlin Wall included people no longer being able to escape communism by leaving East Berlin for West Berlin. If communism had continued people would have left East Germany in large numbers leaving those who stayed struggling to survive. Another outcome was the segregation of family and loss of employment for thousands and anyone who tried to cross was shot dead by the guards (ABC,