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What role did the media and press have in the eventual fall of the wall? Why was the West trying so hard to show East Berliners what life was like in the West?

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How do you think you would feel if you were living in Berlin while the wall was up and when it came down? Why do you think it felt so unbelievable to those who lived it?

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Nov. 10, 1989: Celebration at the Berlin Wall

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Why do you believe it was so important to the Soviet Union to keep people from leaving East Berlin? Why were they trying so hard to make West Berlin look bad?

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The Berlin Wall: families separated between the East and West | 60 Minutes Australia

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It was important for the SU to to keep people from leaving because their economy was weakening because they had some 3 million people leave in 10 years (maybe it was 20). They had to try to make West Berlin look bad so that they could discourage people trying to flee and have an excuse to build the wall. -Alexander Miller-Brown

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I find it sad how families were separated and how they had to look over the wall to say hi to their loved ones.It reminds me how families still get separated till this day when it come to immigration and crossing the boarder between Mexico and the United States. -Genevieve Cruz

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The soviet union kept people from leaving because their economy was becoming weak. They were trying to make West berlin look bad because they didn't want people fleeing.

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What I found hard was how families were apart from the wall having to communicate from across each other. They had to make it look bad so that people don't run away.

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The media was able to broadcast information to East Berliners to coordinate efforts and relay information. The West was trying so hard to show the East how life was like on the other side to give the East incentive to leave. This was important to ensure the collapse of communism.

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this is sad how we have to see familys always getting seperated when tying to cross the border especially because thre all just tryna come to the united states for a better life but instead get sperated by imigration-sergio jimenez

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It would've been insane, something that seemed so out of reach suddenly opened up to us. It must've been unbelievable because they were confined to that way of life for so long and they finally didn't have to fear the wall.

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If I was living in Berlin I would probably fear my life. I think it would be scary to know there is a whole other side you dont know of but I would also be dying to see what was on the other side. I would feel relieved when the wall came down and for sure less scared.- Genevieve Cruz

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Seeing the joy people have from the wall finally coming down brings me joy to know they probably feel so free and excited. Media had a great impact on the wall getting taken down because with media you can show others things that they can't see and can tell the truth about things that go on in the other side. -Genevieve Cruz

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The media showed what was happening showing people getting exited from the wall being brought down. It was to show the East on how living on the other side was to have people in the east to leave.

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The media showed what was happening showing people getting exited from the wall being brought down. It was to show the East on how living on the other side was to have people in the east to leave.

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I would probably be happy to be free to rome and travel somewere where i have not been and to not be stuck in one place of the world

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How I would feel if the wall of Berlin was up I'd probably be upset because there are other people separated from their loved ones and maybe I would have loved ones separated from me as well. But I would be happy if the wall came down knowing I would be free from a closed place. -

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How I would feel if the wall of Berlin was up I'd probably be upset because there are other people separated from their loved ones and maybe I would have loved ones separated from me as well. But I would be happy if the wall came down knowing I would be free from a closed place. -

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The Soviet Union wanted West Berlin to look bad because they didn't want the people to leave. They wanted to thrive and for that reason built the wall to keep them in. The people who had to live divided from family feared their lives which gave the Soviet Union control over the people.
-Erin D.

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The media was able to pass information to the people and reach many. The press had a great impact on the fall of the Berlin Wall. The West was trying to show East Berliners life in the West to get them to flee the East.
-Erin D.

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If I was living at the time of the Berlin Wall, I would surely feel disconnected from the world. When it were to fall, I would feel free and relieved that I could move freely and not trapped behind a wall sectioned away. I'm sure those who lives felt the same way, along with them being happy.
-Erin D.

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The media showed what hapened and how excited that they were free and get to not be stuck in one place but to b able to rome around and leave

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Its sad that these people had to suffer through this and go through this and it isnt just right

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the media showed what happend and hoe exited they were that they were able to be fee.-sergio jimenez

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it is sad becasue they dont deserve to have to go throuh all that.-sergio jimenez

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Its sad to see all these people go through so much when they did not deserve to. 

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Its sad to see all these people go through so much when they did not deserve to. 