Explain The Construction And Collapse Of Berlin Wall
"Construction and Collapse of Berlin Wall"
Starting with the fall of 1949 there were basically two German countries on the territory of Germany, dividing the city of Berlin in two parts - FRG (Federal Republic of Germany) and GDR (German Democratic Republic), also known as DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik). The first one was built after the principles of democracy, while its counterpart was built up after Socialist principles. For as long as 40 years this division caused tension. Right in the center of the Europe there was a dangerous zone of confrontation where two political and military parties opposed each other.
This division of Europe into Eastern and Western was finalized in 1955. However, that clear borderline hadn’t fully divided Europe. There was a still one “window”, and that was Berlin. Eastern Germany started separating themselves from Western Germany in 1952. Two contracting mentalities were placed within the limits of one city. Meanwhile, every Berliner could transfer from communism to capitalism and back just by crossing the street. “Throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s, thousands of people from East Berlin crossed over into West Berlin to reunite with families and …show more content…
Yet anyone who wanted to approach it could do it freely. On the other side, there were lots of electronic devices, specially trained dogs, soldiers and even snipers who were attacking anyone who would attempt to cross it or even approach it. “In all, at least 171 people were killed trying to get over, under or around the Berlin Wall. Escape from East Germany was not impossible, however: From 1961 until the wall came down in 1989, more than 5,000 East Germans (including some 600 border guards) managed to cross the border by jumping out of windows adjacent to the wall, climbing over the barbed wire, flying in hot air balloons, crawling through the sewers and driving through unfortified parts of the wall at high speeds.”
Starting with the fall of 1949 there were basically two German countries on the territory of Germany, dividing the city of Berlin in two parts - FRG (Federal Republic of Germany) and GDR (German Democratic Republic), also known as DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik). The first one was built after the principles of democracy, while its counterpart was built up after Socialist principles. For as long as 40 years this division caused tension. Right in the center of the Europe there was a dangerous zone of confrontation where two political and military parties opposed each other.
This division of Europe into Eastern and Western was finalized in 1955. However, that clear borderline hadn’t fully divided Europe. There was a still one “window”, and that was Berlin. Eastern Germany started separating themselves from Western Germany in 1952. Two contracting mentalities were placed within the limits of one city. Meanwhile, every Berliner could transfer from communism to capitalism and back just by crossing the street. “Throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s, thousands of people from East Berlin crossed over into West Berlin to reunite with families and …show more content…
Yet anyone who wanted to approach it could do it freely. On the other side, there were lots of electronic devices, specially trained dogs, soldiers and even snipers who were attacking anyone who would attempt to cross it or even approach it. “In all, at least 171 people were killed trying to get over, under or around the Berlin Wall. Escape from East Germany was not impossible, however: From 1961 until the wall came down in 1989, more than 5,000 East Germans (including some 600 border guards) managed to cross the border by jumping out of windows adjacent to the wall, climbing over the barbed wire, flying in hot air balloons, crawling through the sewers and driving through unfortified parts of the wall at high speeds.”