ByMaría Alejandra Montilla Chaux

SAN BUENAVENTURA UNIVERSITY

OBJECTIVE

Show the Berlin Wall as a historic event of great significance and inhuman in history.

HISTORY

The Cold War, as a result, in the year 1952, the border between East and West Germany was closed.

World War II left a legacy of separation for Germany

GERMANY IS DIVIDED

BERLIN DIVISION

Eastern Berlín

West Berlín

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Communist Germany Berlin Capital Occupied by the USSR East Germany

German Federal Republic

Germany CapitalistCapital BonnOccupied by U.S.West Germany

Because of dissatisfaction with the economic and political conditions (forced collectivization of agriculture, repression of private trade, supply gaps), an increasing number of people left the GDR.

Background

In the morning of Sunday, August 13, 1961, the GDR began under the leadership of Erich Honecker to block off East Berlin and the GDR from West Berlin by means of barbed wire and antitank obstacles.

Construction

ResultsBerlin was divided, free access ended between East and West, many families split, many attempted to escape to the West-between 1961 and 1989, 86 people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall

Location

length of 103 miles and a height of 4

metersWest Berlín

Eastern Berlín

"Wall of Shame”

How is Cataloged?

The GDR decided to call

the wall "Anti-fascist

protection wall".

IS IT A SAFE PLACE?

It is estimated that around 206 were killed while trying to cross the Berlin Wall.

If people were caught by the East German Border police while trying to run away, they were sentenced to 5 years in prison.

THE WALL FALLS

Social Effects Of Berlin Wall

The socio-economic differences grew

Why berlin wall fell?

With the collapse of the Soviet Union

Opening of the Hungarian border

Social Effects Of Berlin Wall

The socio-economic differences grew

Many East Germans, who have migrated to the West, are unable to

find jobs that pay well.

……TODAY……

Social Effects Of Berlin Wall

The socio-economic differences grew

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