Berlin and the Cold War

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Berlin and the Cold War
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To gain more knowledge about the Cold War we
will look at the city of Berlin and the role it
played in the Cold War.
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Americans have felt close ties to the citizens of
Berlin.
http//www.jfklibrary.org/HistoricalResources/JFK
inHistory/TheColdWarinBerlin.htm
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In the words of President Kennedy "All freemen,
wherever they may live, are citizensof 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/HistoricalResources/JFK
inHistory/TheColdWarinBerlin.htm
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President Reagan at Checkpoint Charlie 1983.
http//www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/
trips.html
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President Reagan at Berlin Wall 1987.
http//www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/
trips.html
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Writing
What do you know about the following events? the
Berlin Airlift and the Berlin Wall
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The following slides include the photos and
questions used in this activity.
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Question for Photos 1 2 What about these
pictures suggests the immensity and urgency of
the Berlin Airlift?
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(1)
http//www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/fta/bapg.htm
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(2)
http//www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/fta/bapg.htm
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Questions for Photo 3 How does delivering milk
change the role of these airmen?
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(3)
http//www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/fta/bapg.htm
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Question for Photo 4 How can milk be a weapon of
democracy?
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http//www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/fta/bapg.htm
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Question for photos on slides 5 6 How do you
think the next four pictures are connected?
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http//www.konnections.com/airlift/airpic.htm
http//www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/BERLIN_A/
BAPIC_52.HTM



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http//www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/BERLIN_A/
BAPIC_55.HTM
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http//www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/BERLIN_A/
BAPIC_56.HTM
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Questions for Photo 7 What are vittles? What
does this photo tells us about the success of the
Berlin Airlift?
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http//www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/fta/bapg.htm
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Briefly describe the events that you see in Photo
8 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 9 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 10 Why is there a soldier
with the brick layer?
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Questions for Photo 11 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? What do you think the nationality is of
the soldier?
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http//www.cs.utah.edu/hatch/images/europe/berlin
.buildwall.jpg
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Question for Photo 12 What could have been done
to prevent the escape of East Germany soldiers
assigned to guard the wall?
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http//www.cs.utah.edu/hatch/berlin_wall.html
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Description of Photo 12 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 13 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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Description of Photo 13 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 14 15 What would motivate
you to risk everything?
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Description of Photo 14 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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Questions for Photo 16 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 17 Briefly describe the
emotions/crowd tones that are evident in this
photo?
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http//www.mala.bc.ca/soules/media205/berlin_wal
l.jpg
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Question for Photo 18 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 19 Why would parents bring
their children to this event?
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http//www.defence.gov.au/news/raafnews/editions/4
711/letters.htm
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Question for Photo 20 What is pictured in this
photo?
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http//www.cs.utah.edu/hatch/berlin_wall.html
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Journal Writing
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?