Social issues regarding the Berlin Wall the past and the future.

  Assignment description: This assignment is based on documented evidence. This is a research exercise about the history of the selected neighborhood or place, and about its conditions in the present. Past: As a group you have selected a city or an urban area such as a neighborhood, borough or place. Research about its history including physical and social evolution. Describe and discuss the urban political, economic, social, and cultural reasons which triggered the transformation of the place through time. Outline: Brief Pre-WWII history of Berlin Politics Socio-economic state Culture Berlin’s role in WWII Division into 4 Berlins/East-West divide Politics Socio-economic state Culture Cold War Blockade Wall Politics Socio-economic state East Berlin felt safe under Soviet rule For East Berliners, the wall was an “anti-fascist protection barrier” → wall was actually use to keep immigrants out Soviet Union had a weak economy at the time, which went hand-in-hand(? Can’t think of the word) with East Berlin Culture Fall of Wall Post-Wall (1989 to now)