East Germany

THE BERLIN BLOCKADE After WW2,Germany was divided between East which was controlled by the Soviet Union under the Communism and West which was controlled by the U.S.,France,and Great Britain.The capital of Berlin,deep within Soviet-controlled East Germany,was also divided into four parts: one half being Soviet controlled, and the rest divided amongst the others.Four-power provisional government, called the Allied Control Council, was installed in Berlin. In 1948,the Western Powers (The…

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 half of Berlin while England, US, and France got west Berlin. Who knows what they were thinking because splitting up Berlin caused many conflicts between the east and west. The fights between the east and west eventually led up to the “Berlin Wall.’…

Great Britain) were given a zone during the Potsdam Conference. During this conference the Soviet Union’s assigned zone encompassed all of Germany, along with other European countries. This concerned the Allies as it was apparent the priority of the USSR was to spread communism and their idealistic views. Therefore the Allies divided the city of Berlin into East and West sectors, so that the Allies could control half the city to insure it did not fall to communism. The USSR isolated West Berlin,…

The whole west side was surrounded and no one could do anything or go to the east side. Even if they needed to they couldn't. People would make bad decisions and try and leave but that would make people get killed and nothing good came from that. People couldn't visit their families and anyone who tried to cross was killed on…

After World War II, Germany split through Berlin, making an East and West Berlin. The economic standpoint in East Germany was not sustainable, so that made those citizens want to move over to the West side. Being under Soviet control, the migration of these people started to collapse the East. By August 1961, the Soviets stopping the flow of people by building the Berlin Wall, a infamous symbolic landmark of the Cold War. Two US Presidents, those being JFK and Reagan, commented and wrote…

West Berlin was a way for thousands of East Germans to run to the democratic West. People were able to buy supplies from the east using money made in the west because it was cheaper. This caused an economical problem within the city. The wall was built to prevent these problems however it had split the country showing how the Soviet Union was unwilling to unify the country of German and it’s people. In the year 1989 things had changed and West Berlin and East Berlin had reunited with the…

In 1953, unrest caused by consumer austerity measures had created rebellions in Czechoslovakia and East Germany, which were only able to be stopped after using military force. The 1956 revolution in Hungary resulted in a partial market system allowing for increases in private consumerism. In 1957, Poland was able to introduce a similar system after an outbreak…

countries, especially Germany, were hit hard. Even though the Soviets believed that they had control over the destiny of West Berlin, the Berlin Airlift was an example of the determination of western nations to not give in to the threats of communism and oppression. Many lives were saved through this act of heroism. The Berlin Airlift is a time in history that will always ring in the hearts of those that bore witness to it. The end of World War II led to the division of Germany. The United…

why many presidents in the past have traveled to Berlin, to help get their freedom back. Living in fear means losing good opportunities. General Secretary Gorbachev fears that if the wall is torn down the Soviets will come in and try to take over Germany. President Reagan explains, “I understand the fear of war and the pain of…

Stasiland is a non-fiction narrative authored by Anna Funder that entails the life, in East Germany, of both victims and members of the Stasi and the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It explores the life ‘behind the iron curtain’ through personal anecdotes and interviews. Via Funder’s investigation it becomes apparent that only some of the victims of the Stasi have not fully recovered and that many of their inflictions can be attributed to influences other than the Stasi. Anna’s first…