zugleich aber wieder Dokumente der Ratlosigkeit’ (Günther Mahal). Discuss with reference to a representative selection of texts from the material in the collection Die Berliner Moderne, 1885-1914. 2. ‘Tatsächlich ist es die Erfahrung der Großstadt Berlin, die Konfrontation eines in der Provinz herangebildeten kleinbürgerlichen Bewußtseins mit der Hektik, der Unübersichtlichkeit, den Massenmenschen, dem Elend der industrialisierten Metropole, aus denen die Entstehung der künstlerischen Moderne, ihr
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Potsdam Conference in 1945. 4 marks One decision made at the Potsdam conference was that Germany would be divided into four zones which would be occupied by one of the four allies. Berlin would be divided up in the same way. They agreed to give the USSR a quarter of their industrial equipment because the Soviet zone was less developed industrially. However, the soviet zone had to provide the other three zones with raw materials. Explain the importance of three of the following conferences. 15 marks
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for the building of the Berlin Wall. Compare and contrast the description in the documentary to the primary document “1962 Brochure Defending the Berlin Wall.” The brief understanding people could learn from the documentary is that the life in East Berlin was pretty hard. As in the early years, the east section of Berlin was under Stalin’s control. It turns out that currently East Berlin was governed under communist. The primary document “1962 Brochure Defending the Berlin Wall” is more like a self-defense
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Berlin Welcome Card' Berlin Bus Tours / Walking Tours / Boat Tours German State Opera House / Berlin Philharmonic Hall Alexanderplatz Brandenburg Gate, 'Story of Berlin' Exhibition Potsdamer Platz Television Tower (Fernsehturm) Schloss Charlottenburg Berlin Cathedral Pergamon Museum Old Museum Bode Museum National Gallery Church of Sophie Cemetery for the Parishes of Dorotheenstadt andFriedrichswerder Potsdamer Platz and the New Centre Unter den Linden Jewish
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Source 1: “The Potsdam Conference, 1945 - 1937–1945 - Milestones - Office of the Historian." The Potsdam Conference, 1945 - 1937–1945 - Milestones - Office of the Historian. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2015. The participants were President Harry S. Truman, Premier Joseph Stalin, and Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill. They agreed on setting up a Council of foreign Ministers to organize the rebuilding of Europe, ban Nazi Party, reduce the size on Germany, divide Germany into 4 zones administered by the
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this manifested itself in a build-up of tension and rivalry between the members of the Grand Alliance. In these years particularly, there was the Yalta Conference which instead of leading to greater cohesion, actually caused many of the differences in ideology to surface and inadvertently caused tensions to deepen. The Yalta and Potsdam conferences were the primary causes of disagreement between the two great powers represented by the United States and the Soviet Union. In February 1945 at Yalta,
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The Yalta Conference, February 1945 In February 1945 the Allied leaders met at the Alta at Yalta in the Ukraine to plan what would happen to Europe after the war ended. An extract from President Roosevelt’s report to the US Congress on the Yalta conference claims that that they although they argued freely and frankly, an animus agreement was reached. It said ‘We argued freely and frankly across the table. But at the end on every point unanimous agreement was reached... We know, of course, that it
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Cultural Diversity In the spirit of the holiday season, the following paragraphs will attempt to construct a “Christmas tree.” However, it will not be a “Christmas tree” in the traditional sense. For this tree, the stand, or base, will be the environment in which we grew up. Its branches will be our life experiences. We will adorn this tree with the lessons we have learned. The lights, which flicker on and off, will represent those individuals who come in and out of our lives attempting to spread
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The rise of the Berlin Wall physically began the morning of August 13th 1961, but the separation of East and West Germany began years before. The life span of the wall lasted until November 9th 1989, just a mere 28 years later. The purpose of the Berlin wall was to separate the East and the West sides of Germany. The result of WWII divided Germany into zones; those zones were given to Great Britain, the United States, France and the Soviet Union. The rise and the fall of the Berlin Wall were key moments
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The Reagan Doctrine Ronald Reagan is best known for his speech at the Brandenburg Gate near the Berlin Wall where he stated “Mister Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!” That was his challenge to the Soviet leader. Like presidents before him present Reagan had established a doctrine to eradicate the Soviet influence on the world. Ronald Reagan was not the first to propose a doctrine to fight the Soviet nation. In fact, he was just following in the footsteps of his predecessors. The Reagan doctrine
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