Jan 2, 2010

Salem on History | Building of the Berlin Wall

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Series: Chronology of European History
Categories: Government and Politics
Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Communism, Communists, Cold War, Asylum, Refugees
Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
Geographical Location: Berlin, East Germany
Date: August 13, 1961

Article abstract: The building of the Berlin Wall precipitates an international crisis between East Germany and the West.

Summary of Event

From the time the military occupation zones had been agreed upon at the Yalta Conference (February, 1944) and Potsdam Conference (July-August, 1945), the status of Berlin had been a bone of contention between the victorious powers of the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and Britain.

At these conferences, as well as at the London meeting of the Allied foreign ministers in 1944, it was agreed that Germany...

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Salem on History | Building of the Berlin Wall

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