Tag: Berlin Wall
ourpresidents: The Fall of the Berlin Wall – Twenty Five Years Ago this Weekend Following World War II, tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union intensified. In 1949 Great Britain, France, and the United States unified their individual occupied zones of Germany into the Democratic Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The fourth portion remained under the Soviet Union’s control and became known as the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). After years of contention the Soviet Union began constructing a permanent wall on August 13, 1961 which split East from West Germany, therefore dividing the city of Berlin in…
Viktor Orban Steers Hungary Toward Russia 25 Years After Fall of the Berlin Wall “Now, as the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is commemorated Sunday, Hungary is a member of NATO and the European Union and Mr. Orban is in his third term as prime minister. But what was once a journey that might have embodied the triumph of democratic capitalism has evolved into a much more complex tale of a country and a leader who in the time since have come to question Western values, foment nationalism and look more openly at Russia as a model.” Unfortunately the world…
todaysdocument: More on the Berlin Wall: ourpresidents: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” President Ronald Reagan delivered these famous lines at Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, Germany on June 12, 1987. See the full text of the speech and read more about the event here.
