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Berlin Wall Timeline
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TIMELINE BERLIN WALL
May 8, 1945
After World War II, Germany and Berlin are divided into four sectors: American, British, French, and Soviet.
October 29, 1946
To pass through the sectors of Germany, citizens needed a thirty day valid Interzonenpass.
* personal document, which the citizens of the occupied zones carried which allowed them to travel within the zones
June 23, 1948
Currency reform in Berlin, Berlin is
divided into two different currency zones.
June 24, 1948
Beginning of the Berlin blockade.
June 25, 1948
The Berlin airlift begins.
*airlift that supplied food and fuel to citizens of West Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin
May 12, 1949
The end of the Berlin Blockade.
May 24, 1949
Federal Republic of Germany is founded.
(West Germany)
September 30, 1949
End of Berlin Airlift.
October 7, 1949
German Democratic Republic is founded.
(East Germany)
May 26, 1952
Border between East and West Germany and between East Germany and West
Berlin is closed. Only the border between East and West Berlin is still opened.
June 17, 1953
Uprising of East Berlin building workers against the imposition of increased working norms, suppression by Red Army tanks.
November 14, 1953
The Western Powers waive the Interzonenpass, the Soviet Union follows but East German citizen need a permission to travel to the West.
December 11, 1957
Leaving East Germany without permission is forbidden and violations are prosecuted with prison up to three years. Gunter Litfin, 24-year-old was the first person shot dead trying to escape.
August 13, 1961
The Berlin sectorial border between East and West Berlin is closed, barriers are built.The wall was 96 miles long.
August 26, 1961
All crossing points are closed for West Berlin citizens.
December 17, 1963
West Berlin citizens may visit East Berlin for the first time after more than two years.This only allowed West Berlin citizens to visit relatives in East Berlin on a limited basis.
June 12, 1987
President Ronald Reagan visits Berlin and urges Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
September 10, 1989
Hungarian government opens border for East German refugees. This allowed 13,000 East Germans passage to escape through Austria.
November 9, 1989
Berlin Wall is opened. Many people came to the wall with sledge hammers and broke it down, this is why many call it the fall of the Berlin Wall.
October 3, 1990
Germany is finally reunited.
June 23, 1948
By: Kylie Groves, Julie Dodson, Abby Hague, and Cody Pinkerton
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