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Transcript of The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall Why it was built
The stages of the wall Escape attempts The fall of the wall
Germany was split into 4 quarters
To be overseen by the four world powers
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
United States
Controlled by German Democratic Republic (GDR)
East Germany Suffered from poor housing
Food Shortages Low Wages
Most of the industrial out put went to the Soviet Union.
Between 1949 -1961• 2.5 million Germans Left East Germany
• To go to the West to Share in The Growing prosperity
In 1952 East German Government
Built a fortified border
The only place East Germans could get through was in Berlin.
The Heart of East Germany
August 12 1961
4000 people left East Germany
August 13, 1961 Walter Ulbricht ordered
Workers to shut off the border
Tear up the streets Installed barbed wire entanglement fences Train services between the 2 sectors was
cut off Road traffic was stopped East Germans were not allowed to leave
without permission.
Many people tried to escape
1st Stage Barbed wire fence
6 feet high Replaced with concrete blocks 12 feet high and 66 miles long.
2nd stage of the Wall 1962- second fence was added Parallel to the first one 100 yards further in Area between the strips “Death Strip”
3rd stage of the Wall IN 1965-
Concrete slabs between steel girder Concrete Sewage pipe on top
4th Generation Wall 1975- new concrete segments More resistant to break 45,000 separate sections 11.8 feet high 4.9 feet wide Topped with a pipe
The final wall had 19 sections
The first section
The Wall
Followed by The Stripe’s & The barricade
Anti Vehicle Trench
• Light mast
Column Track
Patrols
Soldiers
300 Watch Tower Electrical Barbed wire
• 30 Bunkers
The final section The background wall
They also used Dogs, boobie traps
and alarm boxes
Ways to Escapes Climbing the wall August 17,1962 Peter
Fechter, 18
Was shot as he tried to escape.
5000 People tried to escape by climbing the wall
100 to 200 were killed.
Tunnels Dug by college students 1st successful one was at a graveyard
Creative Ways Hot Air Balloons Ultra lights
Fall of the Wall September 10, 1989 Hungarian government opens borders for
East German Refugees. A Flood of East Germans made their way
west.
November 9, 1989 Gunter Schabowski decides to open the
border.
Thousands of people gather at the Bratenburg Gate
They Climb the wall to see the people on the other side for the 1st time in 29 years
The Wall Today
Views from the East Side