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They were still in the army. They were just regular soldiers instead of guards at the wall.

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What did the guards do after the war because they need a job

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What did the guards do after the war because they need a job

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Yes! There were lots of heartwarming stories of families being reunited that hadn't seen each other in 30 years.

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When the walls came down where family's reunited

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Three. The first cinder block wall, then the slab wall and finally the one that was built in the 80s. that generation lasted only until 1989.

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How many of generations of walls were there

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How many of generations of walls were there

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It just said four

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Yes. If their apartment was taken away from them or destroyed, they were issued a different one. In the communist world, this was often done to its citizens.

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East Germans were only allowed to go to the countries that were allies of the Soviet Union.

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Were people allowed to continue there normal lives even with the apartments demolished next to the wall?

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Yes. It was dangerous for any family member left behind in East Germany.

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If they had a passport could they go to different parts of German could they go out of German

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If they had a passport could they go to different parts of German could they go out of German

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East Germans were not allowed to travel to the West countries (UK, US, France, Spain etc.) East Germans could go on vacation to Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Russia, etc. Any country that was communist and an ally of Soviet Union.

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Why would people let there family's get split apart, is it because they were scared

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No.  He was very well liked in WEST Germany. He never went to East Germany. (JFK was assassinated in Dallas a few years after this)

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Did anyone try to assassin John F. Kennedy in German

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Did anyone try to assassin John F. Kennedy in German

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Yes. Also a way to show their power

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Absolutely!! East Germany was much poorer than West Germany.

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Rarely. The East Germans only shot at East Germans trying to escape to the West. They were not supposed to shoot into the West. This could lead to WW3. The West Germans hardly every shot.

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During the cold war did anyone ever shoot each other because of the mean commits

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During the cold war did anyone ever shoot each other because of the mean commits

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Did they leave the motors running and load the tanks to scare each other

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Did they leave the motors running and load the tanks to scare each other

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Where they ever aloud out of Germany//Berlin?

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Where they ever aloud out of Germany//Berlin?

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Absolutely. It figuratively and literally divided the country.

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Did this "tear apart" Germany?

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Yes. But only on the West. The East Germans were not allowed to protest the government or its decisions.

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Wouldn't keeping people away from stores, taking out train stations, and putting apartments out of business greatly affect the economy, along with the cost of the wall itself.

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So it was built to keep their people in?

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was there ever protest when the first built the wall

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was there ever protest when the first built the wall

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The first version of the wall was taken down during the 70s and 80s and replaced with a better wall.
This simple wall, though, was easy for a few escaping East Germans to drive through.

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Did the first wall ever tumbled down or break from people trying to get to the other side

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Did the first wall ever tumbled down or break from people trying to get to the other side

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Same answer. Everyone was afraid of WW 3.

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The West Germans had the allies of America, France and Great Britain. But everyone was afraid that if there was a protest by our governments, it could lead to World War 3.

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To prevent the East Germans from escaping to West Berlin. East Germans were communist and they wanted to move to the democratic West.

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why did the U.S keep letting the soviets build the wall

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why did the U.S keep letting the soviets build the wall

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No. It went not only through Berlin, but also around West Berlin . Afterwards, there was a wall between East and West Germany. Then there was a wall between their allies and our allies.

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Did the wall only go through Berlin?

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Very true. But the communist government refused to admit their type of government wasn't working.

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how long was the wall up before they took it down

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It was never really finished The East Germans kept working on it non-stop. It was under a constant process of improvement.

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The wall was removed over 20 years ago.

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France was the least powerful of the four big winners. The US, Great Britain and the Soviet Union got the biggest pieces.

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how come France kept getting such small pieces?

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if the wall is still there how do they get across?

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In 1989, East Germany allowed the East Germans to cross to the West. In 1990, the two German countries voted for reunification. It was torn down afterwards. There is very little of it left.

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if the wall is still there how do they get across?

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if the wall is still there how do they get across?

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For most historians, it symbolized division of a country.