Dec 30, 2009

Salem on History | Communists Raise the Berlin Wall

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Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Communism, Communists, Human Rights, Cold War
Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
Geographical Location: Berlin, East Germany
Date: August 13, 1961

Article abstract: The Berlin Wall, erected to halt the debilitating exodus of East Germans to West Germany and to assert definitively the permanence and legitimacy of the East German regime, in fact attested to the failure of that regime.

Summary of Event

Berlin became a focal point for East-West tensions after the breakdown of cooperation between the former World War II Allies. As the Western occupying powers, led by the United States, amalgamated their zones of occupation and began the process of organizing an indigenous government for West Germany,...

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Salem on History | Communists Raise the Berlin Wall

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