The Berlin Wall: A Brief History from Beginning to the End

By History Encounters

History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from The Berlin Wall to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed.

 

The Berlin Wall was the concrete manifestation of the Iron Curtain, which signified the profound ideological difference between the capitalist, democratic Western powers and the socialist, communist Soviet Union. 

After WWII ended, the Allied Powers carved up defeated Germany into four blocks. They did the same to Berlin. While Russia had been part of the Allies in the war, tensions soon arose between these old allies, and the Berlin Wall was established to keep the East Berliners from seeking a brighter life in the West. The USSR claimed it was for the moral protection of its East Berlin citizens, but, in reality, it was just to stop East Berlin from hemorrhaging skilled workers to the West.

 

Learning about history will keep you perceptive and make sure to not repeat mistakes that others made in the past. The different stories in this series will show the readers that history should not just be seen from one perspective, but from the different eyes of the groups of people involved. You never know, you might finally understand their choices, their actions and their reactions.

 

In this historical series, you will discover:

• The history of different countries and cultures
• The inner workings of major historical turning points in different countries.
• Different perspectives of major events in history
• The reasons behind different wars or battles throughout history

 

These historical series are for anyone who wants to learn fun, exciting and influential facts of what happened years before their time. Do you want to learn history through a multitude of different eyes? 

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ched Ed
• Release date: Mar 17, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224961146

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The Berlin Wall

A Brief History from Beginning to the End

History Encounters

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CONTENTS

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: The Origin

Chapter Three: The Rise

Chapter Four: The Fall

Chapter Five: Aftermath

Chapter Six: Conclusion

Chapter Seven: Discussion question

Chapter Eight: Quiz Question

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Chapter One

Introduction

After the end of the Second World War, Berlin was split between the East and the West. The Western countries occupied the Western part of Berlin, and the Soviet Union occupied the East portion. It divided Berlin into two sectors from when it was built in 1961 to when it was broken down in 1989.

While this division was originally on paper, increasing antagonism between the Soviet Union and the Western allies during the initial fifteen years of the Cold War. Thereafter the Soviets took the decision to build an actual barrier between the two sides of Berlin. In this way, they created a solid Iron Curtain to replace