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1 THE BERLIN WALL

2 What tensions existed before the Berlin Wall was built?
EISENHOWER KHRUSHCHEV

3 TENSIONS The Potsdam Agreement divided Germany into four zones as well as Berlin.

4 TENSIONS Having launched the world's first ever satellite(1957), Khrushchev felt confident about Soviet power and chose to test such power in Berlin.

5 TENSIONS Eisenhower showed a willingness to make concessions on the future of Berlin. Because of the U-2 spy plane incident (1960), the meeting to discuss the future of Berlin was cancelled.

6 TENSIONS When Kennedy comes into power(1961) he is in no mood for negotiating and instead orders a massive increase in the armed services.

7 TENSIONS East Berlin was losing far too many citizens each year. They were especially concerned with the number of educated refugees fleeing the country.

8 Spies were sent from West Berlin to the East.
TENSIONS Spies were sent from West Berlin to the East.

9 13th August 1961: the Berlin Wall is built

10 What was the Berlin Wall?

11 Built in 1961

12 Separated West Berlin from East Germany
Built in 1961 Separated West Berlin from East Germany

13 Separated West Berlin from East Germany
Built in 1961 Separated West Berlin from East Germany A wall to prevent East Germans fleeing to West Berlin.

14 Separated West Berlin from East Germany
Built in 1961 Separated West Berlin from East Germany A wall to prevent East Germans fleeing to West Berlin. A famous symbol of the Cold War

15 Separated West Berlin from East Germany
Built in 1961 Separated West Berlin from East Germany A wall to prevent East Germans fleeing to West Berlin. A famous symbol of the Cold War Separated Communism from Capitalism

16 How did the Berlin Wall affect the people of Germany?

17 If you tried to cross you would be shot

18 If you tried to cross you would be shot
The wall cut off roads and buildings

19 If you tried to cross you would be shot
The wall cut off roads and buildings People lost their jobs

20 If you tried to cross you would be shot
The wall cut off roads and buildings People lost their jobs Families were divided

21 If you tried to cross you would be shot
The wall cut off roads and buildings People lost their jobs Families were divided Stopped the flow of refugees as West Berliners were allowed in but East Berliners were not allowed out

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