Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall

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Americans have felt close ties to the citizens of Berlin.

http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+History/The+Cold+War+in+Berlin.htm

In the words of President Kennedy "All free

men, wherever they may live, are citizens

of Berlin, and therefore,as a free man, I take pride in the words

'Ich bin ein Berliner.' (I am a Berliner)."

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http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/trips.html

President Reagan at Checkpoint Charlie – 1983.



President Reagan at Berlin Wall – 1987.


Briefly describe the events that you see in Photo 1:

Who is represented on the right of the photo?

Who is represented on the left of the photo?

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Question for Photo 2:

In this East German diagram of the Berlin Wall, what “image” of

the wall do you think the author/artist is trying to portray?

(9)




Why is there a soldier with the brick layer?

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Questions for Photo 4:

What does this “eerie” photo tell us?

What nations are represented at the “Allied Checkpoint?”

What might be the responsibility of the soldier in the checkpoint

building?

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What could have been done to prevent the escape of East Germany soldiers

assigned to guard the wall?

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Description of Photo 5:

“A defecting East German soldier, Conrad Schuman, leaps over a barbed wire barricade

at the Bernauer Street sector into West Berlin on Aug. 15, 1961. Schuman made his break for freedom to join his family, which

had fled earlier to West Berlin”

Questions for Photo 6:

Other than tunnels, what other means of escape might have

been attempted?

What fears would you have crawling in a tunnel to the

West?

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Description of Photo 6

“Klaus-Michael von Keussler of West Berlin prepares to dig a tunnel underneath the Wall

in Nov. 1963. Almost a year later Keussler and others completed the tunnel, allowing 57 East

Germans to crawl into West Berlin.”

Question for Photos 7 & 8:

What would motivate you to risk everything?

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Description of Photo 7

“East German border guards carry away Peter Fechter, after they shot him down as he tried to flee to the west. Fechter laid for 50 minutes in

no-man's land before he was taken to a hospital. He died shortly after

arriving. Fechter became the first of 192 people who would die while trying to escape East Germany by climbing

over the Wall.”

Questions for Photo 8 :

Aside from the wall being a large canvas, what would draw an artist

to the wall?

http://www.cia.gov/cia/information/tour/wall.html


Briefly describe the emotions/crowd tones that are

evident in this photo?

(17) http://www.mala.bc.ca/~soules/media205/berlin_wall.jpg


What side of the wall are these gentlemen standing on? Explain

your answer.

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Why would parents bring their children to this event?

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How is Berlin a symbol or metaphor for the entire Cold War period? Consider the economic, cultural and political implications

of the separation and eventual reunification of this important

city?

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