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east Berlin 1960s "it is just that the shelves were always more empty than full and what was on them looked or tasted as gray as everything else" (Gerta 27)

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In the 1960s, West Berlin was a symbol of Western freedom surrounded by communist East Germany, a situation intensified by the construction of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 to stop the exodus of East Germans to the West. President John F. Kennedy visited in 1963, delivering his famous "I am a Berliner" speech, solidifying West Berlin's role as a frontline of the Cold War. The decade also saw West Berlin become a center for student protests and counter-culture, including movements against the post-war establishment and the Vietnam War.

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The United States thought some thing would happen and the economic success and political freedom of West Berlin is a symbol of the success of the capitalist system, and it was supper committed to its security, and Soviet decision to cut off land access again could to lead to a more serious conflict between communist and capitalist.

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Gerta family got separated by the wall like the cities of west Berlin and east Berlin

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Some rights people from East Berlin couldn't have the people from West Berlin could have...

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Some rights people from East Berlin couldn't have the people from West Berlin could have...

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#1 No freedom of speech or press

#2 Controlled information

#3 Suppression of dissent

#4 No free elections

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Some rights people from East Berlin did have were...

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Some rights people from East Berlin did have were...

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#1 Right to work

#2 Housing

#3 Education

#4 Healthcare

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political freedom economic prosperity and the freedom of speech and association backed by the Allied powers who guaranteed their access and security.

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Gerta had to toughen up like they had to toughen up the wall when people started to break through it

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"you've seen the sun Anna Now that you have could you ever be content with just the starts for light Would that be enough for you?"

-(Gerta 83)

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(East Berlin) gerta has to dig under the Berlin wall to west Berlin for freedom just like many people who tried to escape

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The rights west Berlin did not have is that they could not cross the wall.

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"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains"

-Peter

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"he has done that every night since he came home. it was his crying that mad me decide to swim the spree" (fritz 122 ).

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"If I cannot speak what I think then its a crime just to be me"

-(Herr Krause 72)