"The Wall came to symbolize Europe’s division, at the heart of the Cold War."
- Jeremy Isaacs
- Jeremy Isaacs
The Berlin Wall 1961
- People had been fleeing to the west through Berlin for many years “Brain Drain” (3 mil.)
- Krushchev wants Kennedy to pull out of Berlin and make it a free city
- Kennedy increases US strength
- Krushchev responds by building a wall around West Berlin
- Both leaders were accused of being soft in Berlin and fixed this by ordering more tests of nuclear weapons
- Krushchev wants Kennedy to pull out of Berlin and make it a free city
- Kennedy increases US strength
- Krushchev responds by building a wall around West Berlin
- Both leaders were accused of being soft in Berlin and fixed this by ordering more tests of nuclear weapons
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Summary
THE WALL ONLY DIVIDED THE CITY OF BERLIN. Doesn't go up right after the war but rather in 1961. Meant to keep people from the west out but in reality, it was to keep their own people in Berlin.