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This was a railway that would bypass West Berlin
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Refugees leaving East Germany tended to be younger and well-educated. About 50% of the intelligent people left East Germany, causeing what they call the "brain drain".
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A press conference was held that was named "Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Mauer zu errichten!" (No one has the intention of erecting a wall!).
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The Berlin Wall is built
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Ida Siekmann was the first person to die at the Berlin Wall. She jumped out of a window in her third floor apartment trying to get over the wall. Gunter Litfin was the first person shot while trying to swim across the Spree Canal.
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The railway going around West Berlin is finally finished.
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No West Berlin people could visit East Berlin or East Germany between this time
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A second parallel fence was created about 100 meters away from the original Berlin wall. The land inbetween the two fences became known as the death strip. It had raked sand or gravel so that footprints were easy to notice. Anyone spotted in the Death Strip was to be killed.
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U.S. President John F. Kenedy visited West Berlin and gave his speech with the United State's support for West Germany.
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Extra wire fencing was added to improve the wall
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After agreements in 1972, new crossings were created for West Berlin to haul and despose of waste in East Berlin dumps
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Reasearchers found that gaurds were instructed that people trying to cross the wall were criminals and needed to be shot and killed. They were specifically told not to hesitate with women and children for it is just a tactic used by traitors.
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Stutxwandelement UL 12.11 was also known as the fourth-generation wall. It was the final and most sophisticated of all of the walls. It was made form 45,000 indivitdual sections of reinforced concrete with each section 12 ft high and 3.9 ft wide.
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Hungary and Austria disabled the physical defenses on the boarders of Germany
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Many protests spread throughout East Germany in Septembr of 1989. This was caused by the East German authorities only allowing people to leave if they went by train through East Germany. Most of the protesters were just people who wanted to leave to the West. This was also known as the "Peaceful Revolution," with people chanting "Wir bieiben hier" (We want out) and others chanting "Wir wollen raus" (We're staying here).
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The leader of East Germany, Erich Honecker, resigned and was replaced by Egon Krenz
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Half a million people gathered to demand political change at the Alexanderplatz demostration in East Berlin's large public square
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East Germany is dissouluted and they officialy reunited the German states along the democratic lines fo the West
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