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The Crumbling Wall

The document summarizes the division and reunification of Germany after World War 2. It discusses how Germany was split into East and West after the war, with the Soviet Union occupying the East and establishing a communist German Democratic Republic while the Western allies occupied West Germany and built a democratic Federal Republic of Germany. It then describes how tensions grew between East and West Germany, culminating in the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. Finally, it outlines the collapse of East Germany in 1989 and the reunification of Germany in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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The Crumbling Wall

The document summarizes the division and reunification of Germany after World War 2. It discusses how Germany was split into East and West after the war, with the Soviet Union occupying the East and establishing a communist German Democratic Republic while the Western allies occupied West Germany and built a democratic Federal Republic of Germany. It then describes how tensions grew between East and West Germany, culminating in the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. Finally, it outlines the collapse of East Germany in 1989 and the reunification of Germany in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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THE CRUMBLING WALL OF EAST AND WEST GERMANY

YALTA CONFERENCE

POTSDAM CONFERENCE, 1945

LEADERS FROM UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM AND SOVIET UNION HELD THE YALTA CONFERENCE THE CONFERENCE CAME TO THE AGREEMENT TO SPLIT GERMANY INTO FOUR OCCUPATION ZONES THE FRENCH ZONE IN THE FAR WEST; THE BRITISH ZONE IN THE NORTHWEST; THE AMERICAN ZONE IN THE SOUTH AND THE SOVIET ZONE IN THE EAST

A DIVIDED GERMANY DEMOCRACY VS. COMMUNISM (WEST) VS. (EAST)

WEST GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY)


FIRST CHANCELLOR KONRAD ADENAUER (ADENAUER ERA FROM 1949-63)

ECONOMIC MIRACLE - INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION CLIMBED - AN ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE, MORE JOB OPPORTUNITY AND MORE HOUSES -GERMAN LIVING STANDARD IN THE WEST IMPROVED EUROPEAN DEFENSE COMMUNITY (EDC) - TO DEFEND WESTERN EUROPE FROM THE SOVIET THREAT -PROPOSED BY THE GERMANY]S PARTNER IN THE COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY

PARTIES IN THE WEST


CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION:

THE PARTY ADVOCATED PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF PRODUCTIVE PROPERTY AND ONLY LIMITED STATE CONTROL OVER THE ECONOMY

SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY:

A REVISIONIST VERSION OF MARXISM; FAVORED NATIONALIZATION OF INDUSTRY AND RIGID STATE CONTROLS ON LARGE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. THEY OPPOSED MILITARY ALIGNMENT WITH THE WESTERN ALLIES AND INSISTED NATIONAL REUNION

WILLY BRANDT THE CHANCELLOR OF WEST GERMANY FROM 1969-1974. PROMOTE DTENTE MEANING RELAXING OF TENSIONS OSTPOLITIK: IMPROVED RELATIONS BETWEEN WEST AND EAST GERMANY

MASSIVE BERLIN AIRLIFT

EAST GERMANY (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC) WALTER ULBRICHT (1950-1971) HE ABOLISHED THE STATES AND TURNED INTO 14 SMALLER DISTRICTS

THE DISGRUNTLED EAST GERMANS


PROTESTS SPREAD ACROSS EAST GERMANY THE INCREASING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IN THE WEST LED THE EAST GERMANS FLEE TO THE WEST MANY SKILLED WORKERS OF THE EAST CROSSED IN THE WEST EARTERN ECONOMY STRAINED

THE BERLIN WALL GOES UP


ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 12-13 1961 TRUCKS WITH SOLDIERS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS STARTED BUILDING THE WALL

THE SIZE OF THE BERLIN WALL


THE BERLIN WALL FIRST TWO VERSIONS: BARBED WIRE FENCE, CONCRETE POSTS AND STRUCTURE MADE OUT OF CONCRETE BLOCKS THIRD VERSION: SUPPORTED BY STEEL GIRDERS THE FOURTH VERSION: CONSISTED OF CONCRETE SLABS (12 FEET HIGH AND 4 FEET WIDE) SMOOTH PIPE RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP TO HINDER PEOPLE FROM SCALING THE WALL

CHECKPOINT CHARLIE

THE MASS EXODUS

ERICH HONECKER (CHIEF POLITICAL ARCHITECT OF THE BERLIN WALL) MAINTAIN THE RIGID COMMUNIST POLICIES THAT ALMOST BANKRUPTED THE EAST GERMANY

HONECKER]S REGIME
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS FOOD SHORTAGES LIMITED NUMBER OF GOODS IN EAST GERMANY OCTOBER 1989, HONECKER RESIGNED

WIDESPREAD PUBLIC ANGER

ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 9, 1989 AN ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY EAST GERMAN GOV]T OFFICIAL GUNTER SCHABOWSKI THAT THE BORDER GATES WERE OFFICIALLY OPEN.

AFTER THE BERLIN WALL CAME DOWN, EAST AND WEST GERMANY REUNIFIED INTO A SINGLE GERMAN STATE ON OCTOBER 3, 1990.

The End
Presented By: Ma. Angelica D. Solano MD

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