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The Berlin Wall - Coggle Diagram
The Berlin Wall
The Refugee Problem
Living standards in the West were much better than that of the east - Higher wages
East Berliners knew that the living conditions were much better so they wanted to move
a propaganda defect for Soviet Union
1952 - 1961: estimated that 3.5 million refugees
a shortage of key workers
The Berlin Ultimatum
November 1958
Khrushchev claimed that Berlin should be absorbed into east Germany
Khrushchev threatened that all troops should leave Berlin within 6 months
Lead to a summit meeting - Geneva - September 1959
Construction of the Berlin Wall
13th August 1961 - USSR began building the Berlin wall
was to keep people in
started as a flimsy fence with barbed wire - became stronger over time
Reaction to the Berlin Wall
allies kept control over West Berlin
was a propaganda defeat for the Soviet Union
between 80 and 200 people are estimated to have been killed