Berlin

The history of the Berlin Wall was ignited by World War II. Germany plotted an attack on Poland, yet was intimidated by the fact that the Soviet Union might interfere. So, before raiding Poland, Hitler made sure to sign a non-aggression pact with the U.S.S.R. This pact secretly stated that Poland should be divided between Germany and the Soviet Union, with Germany receiving the western third, while the Soviets gained control of the remaining two-thirds. Germany began their attacks on Poland on…

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…

Take it down, the berlin Wall speech Hello I am Mary Green and that may not mean anything to you but I was there when the Berlin wall came down 4 months ago. The Berlin wall caused many people to be in pain and caused multiple conflicts between many people and even other countries. In the 1945, Germany was split into these four parts; the soviet Union, England, US, and France. The four parts decided to split the city berlin into two parts, east and west berlin. Soviets claimed the east…

The Berlin Wall reminds us that any barriers, we put up to interfere with freedom we can also break down. The Berlin Wall had a negative effect on the world. In August 13, 1961, the construction of the Berlin Wall began and continued for the next decade. The beginning of one of the worlds dividing lines. Before the Berlin wall Germany was divided into two parts. America, Britain, and France created a democratic government in the West and the Soviet Union created the German Democratic Republic…

created a new era of division, power, and communist ideals. During this fight for control, one of the biggest construction endeavors in history took place, known as the Berlin Wall. This blockade was built by the Soviet Union and East Berlin soldiers in order to cease the flow of emigrants into the West. The formulation of the Berlin Wall led to a separation of the people, a fight for freedom in government, a struggle for survival, and a political battle between World War II allies. After World…

Gwen McFerran Mrs. Cullen AP World History May 8, 2017 Living in West Berlin vs East Berlin: Thesis Paper The Berlin Wall was built in the August of 1961, when the East German soldiers constructed more than thirty miles of a barbed wire barrier through the center of Berlin, Germany. The citizens of East Berlin were forbidden to pass into the Western side. Soon this barbed wire would be replaced by concrete. (Taylor, 458) East German authorities revealed that this wall would protect their…

research findings on the Berlin Wall, political activism expressed through graffiti in 1961 compared to graffiti during the 2008 presidential election. This paper will cover a brief history of the Berlin Wall and its intended social and political purpose. I will show how expression through art can change political space and majority opinion. I will conclude that the use of activist art in public space greatly affected the outcome of specific political events. The Berlin Wall can be seen as a…

known to many as The Berlin Wall. It became a significant symbol that represented all of those things depending on which side of the wall you were on. The events leading up to the building and destruction of the wall were very important to not only the Germans, but also to the whole world. The wall itself was a very complex security system and claimed many lives of those who tried to flee from East Berlin to West Berlin. When World War II was winding down, Russia claimed Berlin as a spoil of…

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…

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…