The Cold War: Berlin
The Cold War - Berlin - A divided life
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The Cold War - Berlin - A divided life
Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson you can:
explain why Berlin was important in the Cold War
describe differences between East and West Berlin
analyse how ideology affects real people
formulate and defend an opinion in English
Starting assignment
Work in pairs.
Choose one of the personal stories - links are in SOM
Answer these questions:
What changes in this person’s life?
What freedoms do they have / lose?
Who controls their life?
What is the cause of these differences?
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Why Berlin? Why build a wall?
Why Berlin?
After the war, Allies did no longer trust eachother
Berlin was the capital of Germany
Whoever controlled Berlin had symbolic and political power
Deep inside the Soviet Zone
Was meant to mean shared responsibility, shared control over Germany's future and a way to keep eachother in check
No one country could dominate Germany
Divided, but still open
People could still move between sectors
People could live in the Soviet sector and work in the British sector
But people who did not want to live under Soviet rule, could also easily 'escape' - and they did!
Economically, the west did better (also thanks to the Marshall plan)
Between 1949 and 1961 an estimated 2.5 million East Germans fled to the west
August 12-13 , 1961: The Wall goes up
Impact on the people of Berlin:
Thousands of families separated overnight
About 5.000 East Germans managed to cross the Wall one way or another
Another 5.000 were captured and send of to Stasi prisons
191 people were killed trying to cross the wall
The Wall stood for nearly 30 years, until november 1989
What 3 new things have you learned today?
What 2 things did you already know?
Name one thing you want to know more about
