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Capital
Berlin was the german capital ,and now the largest city in germany -
Adolf hitlers 3rd reich rose to power and he became leader
this was important because he abolished free speach cancled reparation payments and began the persacution of millions of jews -
hitler
hitler annexed czechoslovakia, signe a pact with the soviet union and declared war on poland -
blockade
soviets tryed to assert authority over berlin by bloackading the flow of goods by land from west germany to west berlin -
brokn
the soviets blockade was broken -
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division
these are the years in wich berlin was divided into east and west berlin.East berlin was the capital of the democrtaic republic and west berlin the capital of the federal republic -
east germans
in 1961 the east germans built a fortified wall dividing berlin they built the wall to keep east germans from fleeing their failing economy and the abusivee political system. -
the berlin wall was built by the german government to divide the city from the "free" world
the berlin wall was built by the german government to divide the city from the "free" world -
JFK
jfk made a speach at the brandenburg gate , that verifyed his opposition to the wall -
ronald reagan
in 1987 ronald reagan said "mr.gorbachev(refering to a soviet leader) tear down this wall." it was ment for a plea to end the cold war -
Travel
the german government was not able to create an opposition that spread throughout the soviet union , so the berlin wall was opned to travel and germany was reunited -
capital once again
The NEW germany decreed berlin as its capital once again and scheduled a gradual shift of governmental affairs.
