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Accordingly, Berlin became the main route by which East Germans left for the West. East Germany introduced a new passport law on December 11, 1957, that reduced the overall number of refugees leaving East Germany, while drastically increasing the percentage of those leaving through West Berlin from 60% to well over 90% by the end of 1958.
Nov 5, 2019 · World events often move fast, but it is hard to match the pace and power of change in 1989. It culminated in one of the most famous scenes in recent history - the fall of the Berlin Wall. The wall ...
Mar 5, 2023 · In response to the growing tension between East and West Berlin, East Germany built a wall to keep East Germans from accessing West Berlin. The Berlin Wall was first erected on the night of August 12-13, 1961, as a result of a decree passed by the East German Volkskammer (“Peoples’ Chamber”).
Nov 8, 2019 · Why the Berlin Wall rose—and how it fell. The ugly symbol of the Cold War was built to keep East Germans from escaping to the West. A decades-long fight to flee brought it down. For nearly 30 ...
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Satellite image of Berlin, with the Wall's location marked in yellow. West and East Berlin borders overlaying a current road map. The Berlin Wall ( German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊɐ] ⓘ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; West Germany) from 1961 to 1989 ...
6 days ago · Berlin Wall, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. In the years between 1949 and 1961, about 2.5 million East Germans had fled from East to West Germany, including steadily rising numbers of skilled workers, professionals, and ...
Why did people move to West Berlin? And why did others leave? 11 West Berlin had few employment opportunities to offer in busi-ness or finance. Instead, the city attracted many artists, mem-bers of sexual minorities and political activists. West Berlin’s special status, furthermore, meant that conscription law did not apply in the city.
