World War II concludes, resulting in the division of Germany and Berlin into four sectors:

French

British

Soviet

American

A new passport law is passed. Leaving East Germany without permission is prohibited and violators are prosecuted with up to three years of hard labor.

The German Democratic Republic forges the Berlin Wall in an effort to divide East and West Berlin and continue to fortify the boundary between East and West Germany with fencing, barbed wire, guard towers, and dogs.

The U.S. displays solidarity with West Germans through President John F. Kennedys I am a Berliner speech, which was a response to Moscows persistent attempts to divide Berlin.

The Quadripartite Agreement was signed in Berlin by the 4 major powers of the time (France, United Kingdom, United States, and Soviet Russia) which granted westerners freedom of movement.

U.S. President, Ronald Reagan, speaks in front of the Brandenburg Gate urging the Soviet Leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to tear down this wall.

The Berlin Wall falls and is left antiquated. The communist government of East Germany allows its citizens to emigrate to West Germany.