1 / 6

THE BERLIN WALL

By Mr Crowe www.SchoolHistory.co.uk. THE BERLIN WALL. The Berlin Wall. Background East – West rivalry Berlin divided – contrast the two halves. WEST: Prosperous, good life, good economy, helped by US attracted people from the East. EAST: Much less prosperous

dagan
Download Presentation

THE BERLIN WALL

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. By Mr Crowewww.SchoolHistory.co.uk THE BERLIN WALL

  2. The Berlin Wall • Background • East – West rivalry • Berlin divided – contrast the two halves. WEST: Prosperous, good life, good economy, helped by US attracted people from the East EAST: Much less prosperous under strict Communist control

  3. 1949-129,245 1951- 165,648 1953- 331,390 1955- 252,870 1957- 261,622 1959- 143,917 1961- 207,026 1962- 21,356 1963- 42,632 1964- 41,876 Refugees from East Germanyor East Berlin to West Germany and West Berlin

  4. The West Prevent USSR from gaining control of East Germany To see a united, democratic Germany The East Maintain control over E Germany Stop the refugees -especially the skilled and professional ones like scientists– from going to the West What they wanted to accomplish

  5. Results • Berlinwas 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

More Related