After the second World War in 1945, the victorious Allies, the US, Britain, France,

Russia divided Germany into four sectors, each under the control of an ally. The US,

British, and French Sectors combined to form a democratic state, The Federal Republic of

Germany, or West Germany. The Soviet sector became a communist state, The German

Democratic Republic, or East Germany, on October 7, 1949.

A barrier now separated east and West. Winston Churchill named this barrier the

Iron Curtain. Even though Berlin lay deep within the Soviet sector, the Allies thought it

best to divide this metropolis. Therefore Berlin was also divided into four sectors. Again

the US, British, and French Sectors combined to form West Berlin. The Soviet sector

became the East German capital, East Berlin.The governments of these two new countries

were set up by the occupying forces, not the populous. Most of the residents of East

Berlin and East Germany did not like the communist regime. In fact, most people were

The Berlin Wall, though not part of the iron curtain, was a reminder of it. The

Brandenberg Gate and Kurfstendam in West Berlin. On November 10, 1989 and later on

There were large demonstrations in Leipzig on Mondays. East Germany began to

December 22, 1989 checkpoints were opened for pedestrians at Potsdamer Platz and the

party, Gunter Schabowski, announced that the boarder with West Berlin would be opened

between Communist states was unrestricted, therefore, East Germans would go from East

direction. Overall the arrising and destruction of The Berlin Wall proved to seperate two

Twenty three minutes after liftoff the gas burner died ant the balloon fell. Soon they

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