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Berlin Wall. In images. Americans have felt close ties to the citizens of Berlin. http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+History/The+Cold+War+in+Berlin.htm. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Berlin Wall
In images
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Americans have felt close ties to the citizens of Berlin.
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+History/The+Cold+War+in+Berlin.htm
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In the words of President Kennedy "All free
men, wherever they may live, are citizens
of Berlin, and therefore,as a free man, I take pride in the words
'Ich bin ein Berliner.' (I am a Berliner)."
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+History/The+Cold+War+in+Berlin.htm
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http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/trips.html
President Reagan at Checkpoint Charlie – 1983.
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http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/trips.html
President Reagan at Berlin Wall – 1987.
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Briefly describe the events that you see in Photo 1:
Who is represented on the right of the photo?
Who is represented on the left of the photo?
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http://www.cs.utah.edu/~hatch/images/europe/berlin.buildwall.jpg
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Question for Photo 2:
In this East German diagram of the Berlin Wall, what “image” of
the wall do you think the author/artist is trying to portray?
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http://www.cs.utah.edu/~hatch/images/europe/berlin.buildwall.jpg
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Question for Photo 3:
Why is there a soldier with the brick layer?
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http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_imagegalleryimage/0,2180,1023752_gid_1023708_lang_2_page_1,00.html
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Questions for Photo 4:
What does this “eerie” photo tell us?
What nations are represented at the “Allied Checkpoint?”
What might be the responsibility of the soldier in the checkpoint
building?
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http://www.cs.utah.edu/~hatch/images/europe/berlin.buildwall.jpg
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Question for Photo 5:
What could have been done to prevent the escape of East Germany soldiers
assigned to guard the wall?
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Description of Photo 5:
“A defecting East German soldier, Conrad Schuman, leaps over a barbed wire barricade
at the Bernauer Street sector into West Berlin on Aug. 15, 1961. Schuman made his break for freedom to join his family, which
had fled earlier to West Berlin”
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Questions for Photo 6:
Other than tunnels, what other means of escape might have
been attempted?
What fears would you have crawling in a tunnel to the
West?
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http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_imagegalleryimage/0,2180,1023767_gid_1023708_lang_2_page_1,00.html
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Description of Photo 6
“Klaus-Michael von Keussler of West Berlin prepares to dig a tunnel underneath the Wall
in Nov. 1963. Almost a year later Keussler and others completed the tunnel, allowing 57 East
Germans to crawl into West Berlin.”
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Question for Photos 7 & 8:
What would motivate you to risk everything?
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(14)http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_imagegalleryimage/0,2180,1023767_gid_1023708_lang_2_page_1,00.html
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Description of Photo 7
“East German border guards carry away Peter Fechter, after they shot him down as he tried to flee to the west. Fechter laid for 50 minutes in
no-man's land before he was taken to a hospital. He died shortly after
arriving. Fechter became the first of 192 people who would die while trying to escape East Germany by climbing
over the Wall.”
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http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_imagegalleryimage/0,2180,1023748_gid_1023708_lang_2_page_1,00.html
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Questions for Photo 8 :
Aside from the wall being a large canvas, what would draw an artist
to the wall?
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/information/tour/wall.html
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Question for Photo 9:
Briefly describe the emotions/crowd tones that are
evident in this photo?
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(17) http://www.mala.bc.ca/~soules/media205/berlin_wall.jpg
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Question for Photo 10:
What side of the wall are these gentlemen standing on? Explain
your answer.
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http://www.wall-berlin.org/gb/expodb13.htm
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Question for Photo 11:
Why would parents bring their children to this event?
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(30)(19)http://www.defence.gov.au/news/raafnews/editions/4711/letters.htm
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How is Berlin a symbol or metaphor for the entire Cold War period? Consider the economic, cultural and political implications
of the separation and eventual reunification of this important
city?