Berlin Flashcards
What was the battle of berlin?
Soviet forces occupy the city of Berlin. Berlin is ruined. 125,000 german civilians were killed whilst nearly 2 million women were raped.
Define, “rubble women”
The women of berlin attempted to clean the “rubble” of the streets of berlin after the war. Many women also turned to prostitution order to support their families
Define, “wolf children”
the children of Berlin ran wild as there was no food, education system or stable economy. They wandered like hungry wolves, and many of the children, isolated from humanity, were left to roam through unforgiving forests in order to survive.
Elbe Day: 1945
US and Soviet troops meet at the Elbe river. Germany and Berlin were divided into 4 zones each controlled by one of the allied forces: the US, the soviet, the British and the French.
West and East Germany
West germany: capililists
East germany: Captilists
Berlin Wall: 1961
The Berlin wall was created in order to stop the east germans (communists) from fleeing to west germany. 3.5 million east germans emigrated to West Germany
Construction of the berlin wall
3.6m in height and 155km in length
Konrad Schumann
He was an east german border guard that escaped to west germany
