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The Berlin Wall
By Jim Olsen
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My Life and the Berlin Wall
• Jim Olsen born 1956.
• The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 by the communist government, to make it impossible for East Germans to leave their country.
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Berlin, 1961. Berlin Wall at Zimmerstrasse. West Berliners watching over the Wall to the East.
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Berlin Wall being built – separation.
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Berlin. Bernauer Strasse/BrunnenstrasseView from West to East Berlin.
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Berlin, Checkpoint CharlieView from West to East Berlin, 1961
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Standoff between US and Soviet
tanks at Checkpoint
Charlie, 1961.
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• In sixth grade my social studies teacher showed slides of her visit to Berlin.
• My first encounter with the Berlin Wall.
• This is what she described.
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Berlin, Potsdamer Platz, 60s
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Berlin, Potsdamer Platz, 60s
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Brandenburg Gate photographed through the barbed wire there, from the West
Berlin, April 1963
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Checkpoint CharlieBerlin, April 1963
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Berlin, 1963. John F. Kennedy visiting Berlin on June 26, 1963.
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JFK gave his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech.http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkberliner.html
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President Kennedy says, “Ich bin ein Berliner.”
(I am a Berliner) – I support you.
Due to the Allied Air Lift, from a few years prior, and President
Kennedy’s support, West Berlin remained a vigorous and healthy
city. Berlin, unfortunately, remained divided.
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In the last phase of the wall's development, the "death strip" between fence and concrete wall.
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East Germans were killed if they tried to escape.
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• In the summer of 1972 I traveled to Berlin with my family (my second encounter).
• This is the sight I saw.
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Brandenburg GateView from West Berlin to East Berlin
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Berliner Mauer, Berlin 1983.
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In 1985 I took a group of students to Germany (3rd encounter).
This is what I saw.
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United States President Ronald Reagan delivers his famed "Tear Down This Wall" speech at the Berlin Wall in June of
1987, in which he called for Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ronaldreaganbrandenburggate.htm
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In 1989 the Berlin Wall came DOWN!!
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My friend sent be a post card
showing people walking
under the Brandenburg Gate for the
first time since 1961.
My 4th encounter.
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In summer 2007 I took my family to Berlin.
My 5th encounter. It was awesome!
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Here we are at the Hard Rock Café, Berlin with my friend, Heinz.
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They have the line marked where the Wall stood.
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Potsdamer Platz has
been restored.
They have kept a section of
the Wall.
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Potsdamer Platz restored.
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Potsdamer Platz
Sony Center
2007
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Checkpoint Charlie today.
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Checkpoint Charlie today.
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Photo taken of my children
with a relic of past
communist oppression.
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Brandenburg Gate, 2007.
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Here I am, proudly walking under the Brandenburger Gate. Something I did not
think I’d be able to do in my lifetime.
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I am thankful the Berlin Wall is no more.
I am thankful for freedom.