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The night of August 12 in 1961, the East Germans, governed by the soviets, secretly constructed The Berlin Wall. In the morning on August 13, people on either side of the wall woke up surprised to see that there was a wall standing between them, and for some, their families or even workplaces. One article from Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: War says, “Those who had crossed the border the night before to be…

“A physical manifestation of the struggle between Soviet Communism and American capitalism that stood for nearly thirty years, the Berlin Wall was the high-risk fault line between East and West on which rested the fate of all humanity.” (Taylor, vii) “I hope that those who live in more fortunate communities elsewhere in the world will summon up the imagination to conceive what it might have been like for Berliners to have such a barbarous fracture inflicted on their cities, their neighborhoods,…

The Berlin Wall was more than just a barrier, and a physical division of East and West Berlin. It was a symbolic boundary between communism and capitalism (Germany and Soviet Union). What you are about to read was a drastic event that eventually lead to a turning point in history. It mostly divided as well as it isolated Germany and the world between the communist and the capitalist blocs and caused major damages to society. Before the wall existed, the citizens who lived in Berlin could freely…

The fall of the Berlin Wall marked both the crumbling of communism and a new era for all citizens of Berlin. For a timespan of twenty-eight years the Berlin Wall stood as a cage, built not to keep people out, but to keep East Berliners in. With the Berlin Wall’s eradication, Germany would be reunited once more. The communist regime stood no longer, commencing a shaky start on the road to freedom. This was just another example of how communism would always fail. The end of World War II resulted…

A symbol of oppression for the German people, the Berlin Wall was a barrier that separated the city of Berlin in both the physical and metaphorical form of the word. Officially designated the “Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart” by the government of the German Democratic Republic, the wall split the city of Berlin into two segments. One half was controlled by the Soviet Union and the other half of Berlin was administered by an alliance of the three Western allied powers, comprised of the United…

The Unnecessary Construction Nightmare: The Mexican Border Wall For centuries, heavily secured border walls have been symbols of division between countries or other political entities who are not in good standing. Donald Trumps preposterous ploy to get elected would further divide two neighboring countries, and create the most secure and militarized border between two countries who are at peace in the entire world. His proposal of a wall is not only a logistical nightmare to even attempt to…

David Von Drehle and an immigrant named Richard Rodriguez both penned selections of the same name: “The Great Wall of America”. These articles are similar in that they both explore the effects of border control and immigration policy on the mythical concept of the American Dream. Both discuss economic struggles that immigrants often face, as well as the functionality and purpose of the wall itself. Although at first glance they may seem to offer similar opinions on these matters, closer scrutiny…

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…

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…

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…