Berlin Philharmonic

In the late 1960s‘, after the end of the Second World War, Paris was not any more the romantic city, known from the last centuries. The French capital became the described definition of 'modern ' in the same sense of an international culture. This meaning was adapted by other folklores as African sculptures, American detective stories, Russian music, Neo-Catholicism, German technique, Italian desperation. Meantime a group called Nouveaux Réalistes was formed, where two artists were working…

Once class had let out, my group of friends and I walked out to the courtyard to relax some and plan for the rest of our trip in Berlin. I was saying something about going to see the remnants of the Berlin wall when I saw her again sitting under a tree with a friend of hers. I must have been staring far too intensely because her friend whispered something to her and she glanced over at me to see me still staring like…

West and the other being the East. The Berlin Wall had a significant impact on Germany because the country was not united and it prevented development in the East. The fall of the Berlin wall had a positive effect on Germany by starting the process of unification in the country. Germany was divided into two separate parts after World War ll. The East being under the control of the Soviet Union and the West being the Western Allied powers (“The fall of the Berlin wall.”). The Soviet Union did not…

called, “West Berlin: Today Vietnam, Tomorrow Us.” This section was quite intriguing to me because it mentions the facts of the Berlin Wall. The chapter doesn’t however go into great detail about the wall or why it was even constructed. It does mention that West Berlin was the center of the Cold War where the United States and the Soviet Union had constructed their battleground. It goes on to talk about the Free University. This university is a research university located in Berlin and one of…

Compare and contrast US and Soviet policies in Germany between 1945 and 1947 After Germany was defeated, the Allied powers agreed on turning Germany into a four state country and they removed the old government. In those states they implemented policies in each zone; however some policies were abandoned such as reparations. The US and Soviet Union policies that were created between 1945-47 opposed each other and contrasted, these lead to relations between them getting worse or tensions…

The 1980’s would forever go down in history as the decade America would find its self-identity. While economists and historians will show that it was the decade of great overspending and excess, America would find itself as the decade for American entertainment. movies, music, introduction to video games all being run by an actor out of Hollywood know as President Ronald Reagan. Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union or the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev would take the head of the office in the Soviet Union.…

Union, Germany might have still been divided. A Wall might have still existed in Berlin. The Cold War would have continued to get worse and bring diplomatic conflict, and nations that had always been allies, might have been enemies. I believe that Mikhail Gorbachev is a hero because he brought change to Communist Europe. He stopped the nationally dangerous Cuban Missile Crisis, and most importantly, he brought the Berlin Wall down. Mikhail Gorbachev’s…

World. The flatteners are ten major political, innovations and companies that contributed to flattening the world. The first took place on November 9th, 1989, it is described as “When the walls came down and the windows came up.” The collapse of the Berlin Wall, symbolized the end of the Cold War. The wall was the barrier between people and then when it was down, the people on the other side were able to join mainstream people. This day is better known as the day communism fell. This had a…

The days of the death strip November 9 1989 will endure in history as an extremely important day. This is because of the fall of the berlin wall, the biggest symbol of the cold war, leading finally to the reunification of Germany. To explain how the wall fell I have to go back to the ending of the Second World War and how this lead to tensions between two ideologies; capitalism and communism. In 1945 Germany was defeated, after World War II ended the conferences of Potsdam and Yalta were held…

stood before the people of Berlin and gave a speech. His remarks about the East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin show the people of the world that there are ways to get through the time of hardships. He lets his audience know that he understands by saying," Standing before the Brandenburg Gate, every man is a German, separated from his fellow men. Every man is a Berliner, forced to look upon a scar." In his 4th paragraph, where the scar is the Berlin Wall that separates East…