East Germans Flee to West to Escape Communist Regime
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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, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Human Rights, Cold War, Asylum, Refugees
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: West Germany, Berlin, East Germany
- Date: 1949
Article abstract: Hundreds of thousands of people migrated to the West after the partition of Germany into the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).
Summary of Event
World War II was a series of different conflicts. In Europe, it was simultaneously a continuation of a centuries-old struggle between Germany and Russia for the mastery of Central Europe, an ideological battle against fascism, and a fight by a coalition of powers to stop Adolf Hitler’s aggression. German defeat brought these conflicts...
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