Berlin wall

  • The Red Army

    the red army takes control of Berlin and divides it in to the soviet sector to the east.
  • travel allowance

    everyone needed to have a 30 day interzonepass to go between borders.
  • currency

    the 2 sides are separated in to 2 different currency zones.
  • blocking west Berlin

    the communists took control of east Germany.
  • founding of a separation

    federal republic of west Germany.
    German democratic republic of the east.
  • riot of the east

    workers in east Berlin riot of the working conditions then the red army suppresses rioters.
  • borders are closed

    solders begin the construction of the wall ,started as barbed wire and light fencing. by this time its a fortified wall with watch towers and armed solders.
  • JFK is a Berliner

    John F Kennedy visits the wall and declares him self a Berliner a promises to protect the people of west Berlin.
  • east and west are tied

    east and west Berlin declare there diplomatic ties.
  • borders are opened

    hungry opens its borders with Austria ,thousands of east Germans flee to the west.
  • visit from Ronald regain

    Ronald regain urges the soviet leader to tear down the wall.
  • resign of government

    the government resigns days after the demonstration
  • the breach

    the wall is breached as people tear it down.
  • traveling with ease

    raveling becomes easier between the east and west.
  • demonstration to the east

    millions attend a demonstration in east Berlins main square
  • protesters in the east

    thousands of east Germans demand to be let through the boarders
  • gate opened

    Brandenburg gates are opened
  • memorials

    after the fall many memorials where created to commemorate the fall
  • reunited

    east and west are now one
  • rememberance

    remembrance of the fall