Fall of the Berlin Wall - Cold War Flashcards

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What happens on November 1989?

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East Germany and the East German government announces that the border crossing to West Berlin will be opened. People on both sides begin to put the wall down and in 1990, they are reunited

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How did many people feel after the destruction of the Berlin Wall?

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  • Multiple citizens are overjoyed and friends after not seeing them for 30 years.
  • People also wanted in commemorate the day the wall fell;they did this by chipping the wall to take a souvenir piece home
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What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall show?

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The difference of lifestylese between the East and west with the East having bad lifestyles whilst the west have “ good, exquisite lifestyles”

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What did the Berlin Wall show?

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For 30 years the Berlin wall stood for the division of Europe. It was a symbol of the cold war and of soviet control. On the 9th November 1989, its destruction became the symbol of the end of soviet control and the end of the cold war

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