https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd Made with swagger en-us 2018-08-24 12:08:53 UTC 2019-01-17 19:30:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321853997 2019-01-17 18:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321853997 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321854368 For most historians, it symbolized division of a country.]]> 2019-01-17 18:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321854368 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321854746 2019-01-17 18:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321854746 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321855373 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.]]> 2019-01-17 18:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321855373 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321855657 2019-01-17 18:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321855657 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321855930 how come France kept getting such small pieces?]]> 2019-01-17 18:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321855930 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321856630 France was the least powerful of the four big winners. The US, Great Britain and the Soviet Union got the biggest pieces.]]> 2019-01-17 18:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321856630 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321857159 2019-01-17 18:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321857159 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321857400 The wall was removed over 20 years ago.]]> 2019-01-17 18:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321857400 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321857734 It was never really finished The East Germans kept working on it non-stop. It was under a constant process of improvement.]]> 2019-01-17 18:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321857734 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321857828 how long was the wall up before they took it down ]]> 2019-01-17 18:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321857828 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321858151 Did the wall only go through Berlin?]]> 2019-01-17 18:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321858151 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321858204 Very true. But the communist government refused to admit their type of government wasn't working.]]> 2019-01-17 18:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321858204 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321858734 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.]]> 2019-01-17 18:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321858734 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321859041 2019-01-17 18:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321859041 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321859072 2019-01-17 18:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321859072 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321859566 To prevent the East Germans from escaping to West Berlin. East Germans were communist and they wanted to move to the democratic West. ]]> 2019-01-17 18:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321859566 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321860365 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.]]> 2019-01-17 18:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321860365 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321860810 Same answer. Everyone was afraid of WW 3.]]> 2019-01-17 18:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321860810 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321860985 2019-01-17 18:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321860985 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321861297 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.]]> 2019-01-17 19:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321861297 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321862329 2019-01-17 19:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321862329 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321862345 So it was built to keep their people in?

]]> 2019-01-17 19:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321862345 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321862501 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.]]> 2019-01-17 19:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321862501 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321863909 Yes. But only on the West. The East Germans were not allowed to protest the government or its decisions.]]> 2019-01-17 19:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321863909 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321864415 Did this "tear apart" Germany?]]> 2019-01-17 19:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321864415 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321865028 Absolutely. It figuratively and literally divided the country.]]> 2019-01-17 19:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321865028 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321866108 2019-01-17 19:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321866108 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321866368 2019-01-17 19:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321866368 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321866496 2019-01-17 19:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321866496 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321866928 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.]]> 2019-01-17 19:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321866928 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321867462 Absolutely!! East Germany was much poorer than West Germany.]]> 2019-01-17 19:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321867462 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321868724 Yes. Also a way to show their power]]> 2019-01-17 19:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321868724 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321869030 2019-01-17 19:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321869030 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321869354 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)]]> 2019-01-17 19:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321869354 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321869625 Why would people let there family's get split apart, is it because they were scared]]> 2019-01-17 19:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321869625 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321870539 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.]]> 2019-01-17 19:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321870539 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321871025 2019-01-17 19:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321871025 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321871219 Yes. It was dangerous for any family member left behind in East Germany.]]> 2019-01-17 19:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321871219 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321871735 Were people allowed to continue there normal lives even with the apartments demolished next to the wall?]]> 2019-01-17 19:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321871735 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321871920 East Germans were only allowed to go to the countries that were allies of the Soviet Union.]]> 2019-01-17 19:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321871920 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321873358 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.]]> 2019-01-17 19:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321873358 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321873513 It just said four]]> 2019-01-17 19:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321873513 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321874253 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.]]> 2019-01-17 19:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321874253 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321877058 When the walls came down where family's reunited]]> 2019-01-17 19:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321877058 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321877770 Yes! There were lots of heartwarming stories of families being reunited that hadn't seen each other in 30 years.]]> 2019-01-17 19:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321877770 https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321878379 2019-01-17 19:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321878379 david_beal https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321878961 They were still in the army. They were just regular soldiers instead of guards at the wall.]]> 2019-01-17 19:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/david_beal/kozk9o1ynggd/wish/321878961