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CURRICULUM EXTRA History: The Berlin Wall
I can understand people talking about their personal experiences of the Berlin Wall.
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A divided city
In 1949, after the Second World War, Germany was
divided into two countries: West Germany and East
Germany. Berlin was the largest city and it was also
divided into West Berlin and East Berlin. The 1
was higher in West Germany and West Berlin, so
many people who were living in East Germany chose
to move. By 1961, around 20% of the population of
East Germany had left for a better life, either in West
Germany or West Berlin.
The East German Government wanted to stop so
many people leaving the country. They had already
closed the main 2 with West Germany, but on
13th August 1961, they installed a temporary 3
between West Berlin and East Berlin. Days later,
the East German army built a permanent 4 wall
there – the Berlin Wall. People who were living in East
Berlin weren’t allowed to travel to the West, or to
have any contact with people living there.
For twenty-eight years, people living in the East
and West had completely separate lives. Life in East
Germany was hard. There were food 5 and the
secret police monitored people’s lives. During this
time, around 5,000 people escaped from East to
West Berlin. However, 6 killed around 100 people
as they were trying to get over the wall.
By 1989, other countries had begun to open their
borders between Eastern and Western Europe. On
9th November 1989, the East German Government
allowed people to cross the wall into West Berlin.
Thousands of people heard the news and came to
the wall, where they met friends and family who they
hadn’t seen for years. Many people started to pull
down the wall in a celebration of the 7 of their city.
1 Check the meaning of the words in the box.
Then complete the text.
barbed wire fence border reunification
guards standard of living concrete
shortages
2 1.17 Read and listen to the text. Check
your answers to exercise 1.
3 Read the text again and answer the questions.
1 How was Berlin similar to Germany in 1949?
2 Why did many people in East Germany want
to move to the West?
3 What did the East German Government do
in 1961 to stop people leaving?
4 Why did people in East Germany have less
privacy than people in the West?
5 How many people escaped from East to
West Berlin?
6 When did the Berlin Wall open?
7 What did some people do when it opened?
4 1.18 Listen to two people talking about
their experiences. Who used to live in
East Berlin? Listen again and complete the
sentences with L (Liesel) or H (Hans).
1 lived in West Berlin.
2 used to have a job in West Berlin.
3 had relatives on the other side of the wall.
4 wanted to move.
5 has got a piece of the Berlin Wall.
6 knew someone who escaped over the wall.
7 never crossed the border until the wall
opened.
5 ACTIVATE Imagine that your town, city or
country is divided by a wall. Complete the
sentences with your own ideas.
1 When I saw them building the wall, I felt .
2 I tried to , but .
3 Before they built the wall, people used to .
4 My family was affected because .
5 Things are different now because .
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