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=**__The Berlin Wall__ **= = = =** Berlin Wall **= [|The Building of the Berlin Wall] Quick on **Before the Wall** on the right hand side and read **Quick History DO NOT CLICK BEGIN ** = = // "Berlin was a key focus of Cold War tensions. The city was split into democratic West Berlin and communist East Berlin. In the 1950s, West Berlin became a showcase for West German prosperity. A massive exodus of low-paid East Germans, unhappy with communism, fled into West Berlin. To stop the flight, East Germany built a wall in 1961 that sealed off West Berlin. When completed, the Berlin Wall was a massive concrete barrier, topped with barbed wire and patrolled by guards. The wall showed that workers, far from enjoying a communist paradise had to be forcibly kept from fleeing." [|Berlin Wall Video]

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=Impact= [|The People of Berlin] Click on **Living with the Wall** read **paragraphs 1 through 4** **DO NO CLICK BEGIN**

=Countries=

= **Symbolism** = = = ** [|Berlin Wall - Symbolism]** read **paragraph 1**
 * [|Iron Curtain]** click **Iron Curtain** read **paragraph 1 DO NOT CLICK BEGIN **

= **Political Figures** = Hungarian Leader Imre Nagy - He went furthest by ending one party rule and seeking to pull his counting out of the Warsaw Pact. In response, Soviet troops launched a massive assault that overwhelmed resistance. Nagy was later executed. Czechoslovak Leader Alexander Dubcek - He introduced greater freedom of expression and limited democracy. This blossoming of freedom cam to be known as the "Pregue Spring."

Text passages came from the World History book from pages 604 and 605.