1. By: Patrick Cunanan & Edward Principe
The Berlin Wall
By: Patrick Cunanan &
Edward Principe

2. Introduction Potsdam Conference
Allied Forces divided it into 4 sectors:
Soviet Union made East Germany
Allied powers occupied the West
-Protect the Socialist state
Lasted until end of Cold War ( )
Built in 1961

3. Introduction cont.

4. Important People John F. Kennedy Helmut Kohl Ronald Reagan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mikhail Gorbachev
Margaret Thatcher “Iron Lady”

5. Structure and Layout of the Wall
Wire fence (1961)
Improved wire fence (1962–1965)
Concrete wall (1965–1975)
Grenzmauer 75 (Border Wall 75) (1975–1989)

6. Mass Emigration
Soviet Union moved German citizens to the designated areas
Moved from East to West
Before, managed to industrialize the West
-Rhineland, Ruhr
Significant loss of population

7. Symbolism of the Wall Khruschev- Communist propaganda message failed
Citizens of Berlin- Families and friends and were completely separated
Differences of Ideologies, Two Worlds pg

8. Iron Curtain Winston Churchill -made public the political symbol of it
Competing ideologies (Communist VS Free)
“Impenetrable Barrier” of Soviets
Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, etc.
West- open Market, democracy

9. Opposition
"Ich bin ein Berliner" and "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
Speech

10. Political Differences
Alienated Soviet involvement in Western European politics
Resistance met from West
Communist ideology
Western freedom trying to access eastern side

11. Kennedy and Flexible Response
Kennedy allowed the Berlin wall to go up
Flexible Response
alternative to massive retaliation method
”deter all wars, general or limited, nuclear or unconventional, large or small”

12. Other Foreign Responses
Threatened by Russian annexation of resources
Protect the western ideal
Collapse ignited rise of Chinese socialism
NATO allies conflict over organized government in the East

13. Eventual Decline Decline of border security and control (emigration)
People were known to try to escape to the other side
Resulted into people being executed or dying from the traps
Political decline - disoriented government

14. Iron Curtain Today Partially deconstructed (Main)
Functioning zone south of Czech Republic
Monument to the divide of ideology
Formal reunification of East and West
-October 3, 1990

15. Berlin Wall Portrayed Today in Games

16. Video- Fall of the Wall

17. THE END