THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

WHAT WAS THE BERLIN WALL?

• A concrete barrier circling West Berlin
• Built in 1961
• Its purpose was to cut off West Berlin from East Germany
• Stopped the massive migration from East Germany to West Germany

CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL

IMPACTS

• Separated families
• Prison
• Deaths

EASTERN POINT OF VIEW

• Life was a lot better in the west
• Leaving East Berlin for West Berlin was literally impossible
• Their freedoms were limited

WESTERN POINT OF VIEW

• Their economy was rising drastically
• They were able to travel
• Plenty of materials for everyone
• They tried to help East Berliners over the wall, but a lot got caught
• They hated the wall just as much as the East Berliners did

MR GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!

SEPTEMBER 1989

• A string of protest demonstrations broke out all over East Germany
• This was the start of The Peaceful Revolution
• The first protest started onn September 4 in Lepizig

OCTOBER 1989

• October 9 - Leipzig's protesters took to the streets under the banner "We are the people!"
• The military surrounded the demonstrators, but did not take action
• Honecker's resignation

NOVEMBER 1989

• By November the protests had increased significantly
• The Eastern Germans were forced to open new border crossings
• Germans were allowed to cross from the East to the West
• The guards became more tolearting
• Eventually they allowed illegal border crossings through holes in the wall

NOVEMBER 1989

• On November 4 about 1 million people protest in East Berlin
• On November 4 The Berlin Wall falls

DISMANTLING OF THE WALL

DISMANTLING OF THE WALL

DISMANTLING OF THE WALL

OCTOBER 3, 1990

THE WALL CONCERT

NOWADAYS

• Domino blocks
• Tourist attraction
• http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zmRPP2WXX0U
• Difference between East and West Berlin

COMPARISON

COMPARISON

COMPARISON

COMPARISON

CONCLUSION

• The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and torn down in 1989
• It separated Western Berlin from Eastern Berlin
• The fall of The Berlin Wall lead to the reunification of two Germanies

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!