The Berlin Wall: Causes and Consequences
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- The Berlin Wall: Causes and Consequences
- Problems in East Germany
- Steady flow of emigrants were causing long-term economic damage
- 20% of thier population had left
- including skilled workers
- East Germany was far behind the West in terms of economic devlopments
- Reasons for the Wall by 1961
- Railway construction that bypassed West Berlin meant that a frontier which not disrupt raillines
- Number of emigrants had been rising: 36,000 in July 1961 alone
- Khrushchev needed to show the world that Soviet economic policies worked and East Germany was failing due to migration
- Building the Wall
- 17th August 1961
- Initially, it was a barbed wire fence that was reinforced over the next 30 years into two walls with a zone of death between them
- By 1989, only 5000 managed to escape and around 140 died trying
- Significance of the Wall
- a symbol of failure as the communist regime had to force people to stay
- Propaganda opportunity
- USA's show of determination to not abandon West Berlin by sending in more troops
- increased tensions and confirmed the status quo in Europe
- a symbol of failure as the communist regime had to force people to stay
- Problems in East Germany
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