THE BERLIN WALL

Presented by:
Katherin Matiz
Katherine Muoz
Ivonne Avendao

Which is the Berlin

Wall?

The Berlin Wall was a great wall built

in the German city of Berlin, which
remained standing since 1961-1989 .
Also called wall of shame
Stretched over 45 km that divided
the city of Berlin in two and 115
kilometers that separated West
Berlin city Berlin
was one of the best known symbols
of the Cold War

Causes of contruction

In 1961, the GDR (German Democratic

Republic) built the Berlin Wall to separate
the city in two parts and to isolate West
Berlin from the GDR, with the purpose of
end the migration of Germans from side to
side. Other causes are:
The constant demands of democratic
changes that the government could not
ignore
Massive and peaceful demonstrations in
cities
Attempts to flee the GDR

The Berlin Wall was torn down

On Nov. 9, 1989, an East German official

announced that East Germans would be
allowed "permanent departure" or travel
abroad. They could get passports or exit
visas freely. No one was sure what this
meant, exactly, and the language barrier
between the official and foreign reporters
confused things further. German media
outlets broadcast news that East Germans
could travel freely, so thousands showed up
at the wall, waiting at the gates and
pressing forward as their numbers grew.

The guards had no idea what to do, because no

formal announcement had been made as to the
wall's status. Finally, more to prevent a riot
than for any other reason, the crowds were
allowed to surge forward. They crossed the wall
and freely entered West Berlin for the first time
in almost 30 years.
What followed was a two-day long party in the
streets of Berlin. People began taking hammers
and chisels to the wall, tearing it down piece by
piece
Thousands of hammer blows finally
destroyed the wall. Every East German who
entered the West was given a "welcome gift" of
100 marks -- about 800,000 of them crossed
over on the first day.

Once the exuberance had faded,

Germany got down to the difficult
work of reuniting the two halves of the
country. There were many problems to
overcome, and many Germans didn't
want to reunite the two countries at
all. The economic problems of the
East had to be absorbed into the
West, including the conversion of the
nearly
worthless
East
German
currency into West German marks.