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The Fall of the Berlin Wall

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THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

ANETT, DANIELLA, GERTRUD GAG 10.C
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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
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CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL

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IMPACTS

  • Separated families
  • Prison
  • Deaths
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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
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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
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MR GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!

RONALD REAGAN JUNE 12, 1987
Photo by pvsbond
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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
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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
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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
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NOVEMBER 1989

  • On November 4 about 1 million people protest in East Berlin
  • On November 4 The Berlin Wall falls
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DISMANTLING OF THE WALL

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DISMANTLING OF THE WALL

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DISMANTLING OF THE WALL

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OCTOBER 3, 1990

THE TWO GERMANIES FINALLY REUNITED
Photo by fdecomite
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THE WALL CONCERT

PINK FLOYD WITH MANY OTHER MUSICIANS GAVE A HUGE ICONIC CONCERT IN BERLIN
Photo by B.Mayer
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NOWADAYS

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COMPARISON

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COMPARISON

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COMPARISON

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COMPARISON

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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
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Anett