The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall - Konrad H. Jarausch
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Date: 2020-08-22
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proaso
Since 1964, some people could visit West Berlin from East Berlin, only those who: Earn a pension, had important relatives in West Berlin or for work reasons(1971). Only a few people travelled to West Germany during this years, but this changed in 1980 (Wikipedia): Crossing the Inner German border during the Cold War
Until the late 1980s, ordinary East Germans were only permitted to travel to the West on urgent family business such as the marriage, serious illness or death of a close relative. In February 1986, the regime relaxed the definition of urgent family business, though it still required travellers to leave behind collateral (in effect, a hostage) such as a spouse, child or other close relative. This massively increased the number of citizens able to travel to the West. The number of legal East German border-crossers rose from 66, 000 in 1985 to 573, 000 in 1986, 1. 2 million in 1987 and 2. 2 million in 1988. The pensioner traffic increased greatly as well, from 1. 6 million a year in 1985 to 3. 8 million in 1987. And more than 99. 5% of the border-crossers returned home.
As East German citizens learned about this provision which was not publicised by the GDR's state-controlled media an increasing number sought to use it to emigrate. They applied for exit visas, citing Helsinki in their applications. The numbers were relatively small at first, averaging around 7, 200 first-time applications and the granting of 4, 600 exit visas annually during the late 1970s. By the late 1980s numbers had snowballed to over 100, 000 applications with around 15, 00025, 000 exit visas being granted annually.
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Since 1964, some people could visit West Berlin from East Berlin, only those who: Earn a pension, had important relatives in West Berlin or for work reasons(1971). Only a few people travelled to West Germany during this years, but this changed in 1980 (Wikipedia): Crossing the Inner German border during the Cold War
Until the late 1980s, ordinary East Germans were only permitted to travel to the West on urgent family business such as the marriage, serious illness or death of a close relative. In February 1986, the regime relaxed the definition of urgent family business, though it still required travellers to leave behind collateral (in effect, a hostage) such as a spouse, child or other close relative. This massively increased the number of citizens able to travel to the West. The number of legal East German border-crossers rose from 66, 000 in 1985 to 573, 000 in 1986, 1. 2 million in 1987 and 2. 2 million in 1988. The pensioner traffic increased greatly as well, from 1. 6 million a year in 1985 to 3. 8 million in 1987. And more than 99. 5% of the border-crossers returned home.
As East German citizens learned about this provision which was not publicised by the GDR's state-controlled media an increasing number sought to use it to emigrate. They applied for exit visas, citing Helsinki in their applications. The numbers were relatively small at first, averaging around 7, 200 first-time applications and the granting of 4, 600 exit visas annually during the late 1970s. By the late 1980s numbers had snowballed to over 100, 000 applications with around 15, 00025, 000 exit visas being granted annually.
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speedy
Dont worry humans are just animals with high iq and senses. i remember joker saying. these civilized people will eat each other if see a threat. just like animals. although im also not any different but harsh reality.
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Dont worry humans are just animals with high iq and senses. i remember joker saying. these civilized people will eat each other if see a threat. just like animals. although im also not any different but harsh reality.
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Florentio
Soviet guard: we prevent people from digging tunnels, swimming through canals, and flew above the wall, what could possibly go wrong?
That one guy with tank: charge!
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Soviet guard: we prevent people from digging tunnels, swimming through canals, and flew above the wall, what could possibly go wrong?
That one guy with tank: charge!
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Javier
The US: The USSR doesnt like democracy
Also the US: Is that democracy in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, The Philippines, Iran and Vietnam? No thanks
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The US: The USSR doesnt like democracy
Also the US: Is that democracy in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, The Philippines, Iran and Vietnam? No thanks
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datchu
All countries people are good, but problems is they trapped by politics.
Patriotism is not only building it's own country also helps to recover poverty.
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All countries people are good, but problems is they trapped by politics.
Patriotism is not only building it's own country also helps to recover poverty.
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Vanessa
the guy with the tank was called Wolfgang Engels and apparently he met some other ppl along the way and asked, 'I'm gonna go to the West, wanna go? '
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the guy with the tank was called Wolfgang Engels and apparently he met some other ppl along the way and asked, 'I'm gonna go to the West, wanna go? '
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education
Man a whole 4 decades that is crazy. But at the same time I can see how the Russians had anger, they lost the most people in W2.
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Man a whole 4 decades that is crazy. But at the same time I can see how the Russians had anger, they lost the most people in W2.
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Soldier
This is what I hate communism means hate and nationalist means loveCapitalist means Nationalist and communism mixed together
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This is what I hate communism means hate and nationalist means loveCapitalist means Nationalist and communism mixed together
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Bishal
ATTENTION Please. could you do an episode on Bangladesh's independence War in 1971. It was set into motion from 1952.
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ATTENTION Please. could you do an episode on Bangladesh's independence War in 1971. It was set into motion from 1952.
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