Die Berliner Mauer By MrCureal May 10, 1918 Germany Lost WWI May 10, 1933 Adolf becomes Chancellor, Germany becomes a dictatorship May 10, 1938 Kristallnacht Many jews were killed. May 10, 1945 WWII Starts May 10, 1945 Hitler dies, WWII is ended May 10, 1948 Soviet Union blocks West Berlin May 10, 1948 Truman starts Air Bridge or Luftbrucke May 23, 1949 Germany is divided BRD takes over east. DDR or GRD takes over West. May 10, 1961 Die Berliner Mauer is built May 10, 1989 Erich Honecker is in charge of DDR May 10, 1989 Die Berliner Mauer is open so is the border to BRD May 10, 1990 Wiedervereinigung Oct 7, 2017 DDR created