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The Fall

of the

Wall

Decades of DIVISION between

East and West Germany end

In 1961, the Berlin Wall was built
to prevent East Germans fleeing Berliners began to
out of the city to the West. Its demolish the wall
once the East German
destruction 28 years later marked
government fell.
the end of communism in Europe.

Divided Deutschland
After WORLD WAR II,
Germany was divided
into communist
East Germany and
democratic West Berlin
Germany. The city
East
of Berlin was also
Germany
divided, with the
western part controlled
by the USA, France, and West East
Britain, and the eastern Germany Berlin
zone by the Soviet
Union (USSR). Separated families
East Germany needed to stop people
West Berlin from leaving to live in the West. Overnight,
What came before… the USSR built a HUGE WALL ACROSS
BERLIN. Armed guards shot at anyone
who tried to get over the wall. People
THE USSR fought were shocked to find out they were
anticommunist rebels stuck on one side or the other, cut
in Afghanistan from off from family and friends.
1979–1989. The war was
costly and left the Soviet
economy in deep trouble.

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