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    Liner Mauer) : by Anne Mary (Anja) Camara

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    The Berlin Wall was erected in August 1961 by the East German government to prevent mass emigration to West Berlin and West Germany. It separated East and West Berlin for 28 years. The Wall was 43.1 km long, included concrete walls topped with barbed wire, trenches, and "death strips" patrolled by guards. Over its existence, around 940 people died trying to escape over the Wall. It was torn down in 1989 following widespread civil unrest, opening the borders between East and West Germany.

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    The Berlin Wall was erected in August 1961 by the East German government to prevent mass emigration to West Berlin and West Germany. It separated East and West Berlin for 28 years. The Wall was 43.1 km long, included concrete walls topped with barbed wire, trenches, and "death strips" patrolled by guards. Over its existence, around 940 people died trying to escape over the Wall. It was torn down in 1989 following widespread civil unrest, opening the borders between East and West Germany.

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    The Berlin Wall was erected in August 1961 by the East German government to prevent mass emigration to West Berlin and West Germany. It separated East and West Berlin for 28 years. The Wall was 43.1 km long, included concrete walls topped with barbed wire, trenches, and "death strips" patrolled by guards. Over its existence, around 940 people died trying to escape over the Wall. It was torn down in 1989 following widespread civil unrest, opening the borders between East and West Germany.

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    The Berlin Wall

    (Berliner Mauer)

    By Anne Mary (Anja) Camara


    The Wall

    Erected by East German government / August of


    1961.
    Separated East Berlin from West Berlin
    Divided for 28 years
    Why the Wall?

    • Closed border in 1952


    • Between 1942 and 1962, about 2.5
    million East Germans (skilled workers,
    intellectuals and professionals) fled to
    West Germany, threatening to destroy
    East Germany’s economy
    • Wall was erected because of the
    number of East Germans escaping
    to West Germany
    • West Germany was better off
    than East (Marshall Plan)
    • East Berlin was communist-lead
    Building of the Wall
    Building of the Wall

    • Built during a weekend where most Berliners slept while the


    East Germans began to close the border

    • East German troops installed barbed wire fences (original Wall)

    • Fences later replaced by concrete walls topped with barbed wire

    • The Wall running through the city center, which separated East
    and West Berlin from one another, was 43.1km (almost 27mi) long
    Security
    • Concrete wall, 12 feet high
    • Barbed wire
    • Hundreds of guard dogs
    • Randomly placed mines buried under the ground
    • 16 foot ditch to stop vehicles from attempting escape
    • Electric fences
    • “Death Strip” of barren land
    Checkpoint Charlie
    • President John F. Kennedy ordered checkpoints

    • Three checkpoints at different points in the wall

    • “Charlie” because of the American alphabet

    • Other walls were Alpha & Bravo

    • Most famous checkpoint


    Casualties
    • An estimated 940 people died trying
    to escape

    • A number of others died by jumping


    off of buildings or drowning

    • Most shocking failed attempt:


    18 year old, Peter Fechter
    Fall of the Wall
    • Mass demonstrations against the government and the system in East
    Germany began at the end of September, until November 1989
    • The government prepared a new law to lift travel restrictions,
    effective immediately
    • On November 9th, 1989, Gunter Schabowski announced “private trips”
    • This caused massive gatherings of citizens
    • Wall “woodpeckers” began
    tearing down parts of wall
    immediately
    • On November 10th and
    December 22nd, checkpoints
    were opened for pedestrians
    • Not until July 1st, 1990, did the
    East and West finally reunite

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