https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd This topic is important because it relates to the backlash of WWII and how communism took place. en-us 2017-06-01 17:59:03 UTC 2017-06-01 18:48:09 UTC hello@padlet.com 200620403 https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174866921 This video explains the reason why the wall was built, how it was built, and life living in that time period.]]> 2017-06-01 18:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174866921 200620403 https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174868539
The Berlin Wall was constructed as a way of preventing East Germans from entering West Germany. 
History.com Staff. (2009). Berlin Wall. Retrieved June 01, 2017, from http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall]]> 2017-06-01 18:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174868539 200620403 https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174869772 At the end of World War II, the Allied powers divided conquered Germany into four zones, each occupied by either the United States, Great Britain, France, or the Soviet Union (as agreed at the Potsdam Conference). The same was done with Germany's capital city, Berlin.
Rosenberg, J. (n.d.). All About the Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall. Retrieved June 01, 2017, from https://www.thoughtco.com/the-berlin-wall-28-year-history-1779495]]> 2017-06-01 18:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174869772 200620403 https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174870149 The Berlin Wall did prevent the majority of East Germans from emigrating to the West, but it did not prevent them all. During the history of the Berlin Wall, it is estimated that about 5,000 people made it safely across.
Rosenberg, J. (n.d.). All About the Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall. Retrieved June 01, 2017, from https://www.thoughtco.com/the-berlin-wall-28-year-history-1779495]]> 2017-06-01 18:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174870149 200620403 https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174870600 Buildings behind the barriers were demolished, and the wide open area became known as "no man's land" or the "death strip," where guards in more than 300 sentry towers could shoot anyone trying to escape.
Berlin Wall Fast Facts. (2017, April 13). Retrieved June 01, 2017, from http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/world/europe/berlin-wall-fast-facts/]]> 2017-06-01 18:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174870600 200620403 https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174871362 2017-06-01 18:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174871362 200620403 https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174871540 2017-06-01 18:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174871540 200620403 https://padlet.com/200620403/cou30i2h9lfd/wish/174871946 #Wall
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