East Berlin Essays

The non-fiction novel ‘Stasiland’, written by ‘Anna Funder’, Funder shows that victims of the Stasi were never fully healed following the fall of the East German regime. In Anna Funder’s explorations into the cruel reign of communism, she searches and interviews a range of people who she believes have great courage and bravery facing the GDR. Funder shows that people like Julia Behrend, Miriam Weber and Frau Paul have something in common being the victim of the Stasi and how being under their control

The reason for the building of the Berlin Wall and the impact on Germany, Berlin and other places, the problems created by the Soviet Union for the people and the restrictions of several human rights and freedom will prove that the era of the Berlin Wall was indeed problematic for the people in different areas. The Berlin wall, how it all started. After World War II, Germany ended up dividing into two separate countries. East Germany and West Germany. East Germany which was a communist country

Determination is something displayed by Louie Zamperini all throughout the novel, from his career as an athlete to his journey in the Japanese prison camps. One part in this book where Louie shows he is determined is when he strives to go to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Instead of trying out for the mile event, he starts training

took the chance to isolate the people of West Berlin and block them from the outside world in a time of crisis for the western people. Although the people of West Berlin suffered greatly from this event, America, Britain, and France helped ease the pain by flying in supplies and aid to the wounded people. These actions caused the Berlin Blockade to end, and America became closer to Germany and diminished their ties with Russia. While many thought the Berlin blockade was a spontaneous event between two

agony, Louis is tenacious and never surrenders. The theme of Unbroken is to never give up because Louis wouldn’t have made it through trying to go to the Berlin Olympics, being stranded on a raft in the Pacific Ocean, and imprisoned at POW camps in Japan. One example of never giving up in Unbroken is when Louis is competing to be in the Berlin Olympics. During the 5,000m qualifier: Louie sped up to go around him, but Casey sped up also, carrying Louis most of the way towards the grandstand.

Andrew Niemtschk, University of Texas at Dallas “You've got a ticket in your hand. ¬Where will you go? What will you do? What will happen when you get there?” The place is Brieg – the birth place of my great-grandfather Herman Rogalla Von Bieberstein. Herman was a nobleman by birth and served in the Prussian military with honor and distinction. He was well off and did not have to worry about money. Though, he realized that riches alone do not buy true happiness. He was worried for his and his family’s

following World War II, Berlin was presented to the Allied victors as a cold crater, the ruins of both a modern city and Germany’s culture. Hitler’s time in power had placed German cultural and intellectual pursuits in stasis after 1933, leaving Berlin’s theaters, newspapers, and films among the war’s rubble. In a Cold Crater: Cultural and Intellectual Life in Berlin, 1945-1948, touches briefly on the cultural activities of the Third Reich, but places most of its attention on Berlin and its efforts to

listening in East Berlin, a special word: Although I cannot be with you, I address my remarks to you just as surely as to those standing here before me. For I join you, as I join your fellow countrymen in the West, in this firm, this unalterable belief: Es gibt nur ein Berlin.” (American Rhetoric) The last phrase that he spoke in German means “There is only one Berlin.” He says this specifically to try and show that no matter what the two different names of the cities are, East and West Berlin, there is

separating west and east and uniting the people. First, Ronald Reagan portrays himself as one of the people through german and repetition to comfort them in order to gain their trust in that tearing down the wall is the right thing to do. Take, for example how, Mr. Regan talks in both German and English when talking about how “... whatever [he does]: Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin[I still have a suitcase in Berlin].” The implication that Reagan's home “suitcase” belongs in Berlin manifests a feeling

President Ronald Reagan arrived in West Berlin to speak to the people of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate, with the intent of gathering support for democracy and to oppose the Berlin Wall along with the Soviet Government behind it. Reagan used several rhetorical strategies such as; rationality, using examples, imagery, and compare and contrast, to win the support of all who listened, including the Soviet leaders whom Reagan was hoping to persuade. Berlin was an incredible humanitarian and diplomatic

The Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was a symbol of the Cold War and a picture of the separation of ideas and government from east and west. The Wall was put up to keep the East Germans from leaving the Soviet half of Berlin and West Germans from bringing their democratic ideas into East Berlin. Although the Soviets built the Wall during the Cold War in an attempt to defend their nation from western ideas invading Eastern Europe, it proved to be the downfall of the Soviet Union and socialism. The Cold

RONALD REAGAN AND THE BERLIN WALL THESIS STATEMENT Ronald Reagan’s speech at the Berlin wall challenged Gorbachev to tear down the wall because communism supported by Soviet Union divided the Germans and caused the Berlin wall. Berlin wall The Berlin Wall, one of the key symbols of the Cold War conflict, was constructed by the Soviet-influenced East German state in August 1961 to stop East Berlin residents from fleeing west. For nearly three decades it reminded the world of the division

So, on June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood by the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany to deliver his speech “Tear Down this Wall” to the people of Berlin in opposition of the Berlin Wall and for them to accept western democracy. Throughout his speech, Reagan expresses a vision of freedom through rhetorical devices such as, rhetorical appeals, repetition and imagery to specify on the importance that East Berlin can only really gain freedom once they tear down the wall and both sides are

With great courage yet peacefulness, Ronald Reagan stated, “Tear down this wall!” By wall, he meant the Berlin Wall that divided East and East Germany. The Cold War was ending. Reagan achieved many things while in office. We will look at how the Reagan administration influenced the Cold War and when the Cold War ended. Ronald Reagan was an Illinois born native. He found his love for politics and acting while in high school. Reagan was an actor for most of his twenties and thirties. He then became

In 1987, Ronald Reagan gave one of his most famous speeches at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, that forever changed the conflict between Germany and Communism. Just two years after this famous speech the Berlin Wall fell and communism crippled under pressure from the rest of the World. Ronald Reagan will forever be remembered for his speech that is known to have ended Communism. When World II was coming to an end in 1945, there were two peace conferences at Yalta and Potsdam to divide Germany

persuade his audience of knocking the Wall of Berlin down. Throughout Reagan`s speech, ethos is a rhetorical device in which he uses to demonstrate and express his knowledge, and show integrity to those listening. Subsequently, this technique is what convinces the author of the continuous idea of knocking down the Wall of Berlin; overall, knocking down the wall would no longer separate Europe, and would spread the freedom between East and West Berlin. Ronald states, “President von Weizsacker has

destruction of the Berlin Wall, Ronald Reagan gave his speech Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate better known as Tear Down This Wall. As he spoke to the people of West Berlin, he also addressed the people of Northern America and even Eastern Europe through broadcasts across the world. Through masterfully crafted words and anecdotes describing the separation and rebuilding of both sides of Berlin, Regan leads the audience through an emotional journey finally bringing them to view the Berlin Wall as a symbol

Brandenburg Gate” speech at the Brandenburg gate in Berlin, as many previous along with future presidents have/will speak there.”We come to Berlin, we American presidents, because it is our duty to speak in this place of freedom.” (1,Reagan) The main point that Ronald Reagan is trying make with the speech may be “Es gibt nur ein Berlin” which translates to: There is only one Berlin. Berlin at the time had the Berlin wall which separated East and West Berlin and in the beginning of the speech, it is stated

The Berlin Wall falls – the symbolic end of communism in Europe The reunification of Germany was the ultimate cause of collapse of the Soviet control over Eastern Europe. Prior to 1990, the Berlin Wall created the divide between the East Bloc and the West Bloc. It was built around West Berlin to stop East Germans fleeing the Communist State. The wall was also viewed as a protective shell around East Berlin while the west presented it as a prison wall.The whole of Communist Europe was swept by revolution

The Cold War & The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall The Berlin wall was far more than just a physical barrier that separated East and West Berlin, it was symbolic of the boundary between Capitalism and Communism. Stemmed from lasting tensions of The Cold War, the Russian’s divided the German city of Berlin into two sides, not only creating political tensions, but cultural rifts and great tales of escape, too. The origins of the Berlin Wall came directly from what is now known as the Cold War, which