Berlin wall

Berlin Wall

By DDbellinger
  • The Starting of the Berlin Wall

    The Starting of the Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall was starting to be built to cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and East Berlin.

  • East to West

    East German border guard Conrad Schumann jumped over the barbed wire to the West.

  • The First Killing

    This date was usually noticed as the first killing by border guards after the wall went up.
  • Crashing Through

    Crashing Through

    Wolfgang Engels stole an armoured personnel carrier and crashed through the wall
  • US President Entering West Germany

    US President Entering West Germany

    President John Kennedy rides through West Berlin, he declares in a pledge of solidarity.
  • Please Tear It Down

    Please Tear It Down

    President Ronald Reagan visits Berlin and urges the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin wall
  • Border Opens

    Border Opens

    opens the border for East German refugees
  • The Wall Falls

    The Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall comes down