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One Minute History
The Berlin Wall - One Minute History_4k
After World War Two, Germany was temporarily split into 4 “allied occupation zones”. The Soviet Union took East Germany and East Berlin, and the Allied Powers took West Germany and West Berlin. The strict policies of the East soon caused...
Weird History
How Two Families Escaped East Germany
In 1978, Gunter Wetzel and Peter Strelzyk decided they could no longer live in the communist state of East Germany. Of all the escape attempts made by East German citizens during the Cold War, the Wetzel and Strelzyk families have one...
Mr. Beat
NATO Explained
On April 4, 1949, the leaders of 12 countries in both North America and Western Europe got together in Washington, D.C. in response to the growing threat of the Soviet Union, a Communist country that had been fairly aggressive trying to...
One Minute History
The Berlin Wall - One Minute History_1080
After World War Two, Germany was temporarily split into 4 “allied occupation zones”. The Soviet Union took East Germany and East Berlin, and the Allied Powers took West Germany and West Berlin. The strict policies of the East soon...
Hip Hughes History
The Berlin Airlift Explained in 5 Minutes: US History Review
Come get a super fast heaping helping of Containment in this broad based lecture on the 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift.
Ancient Lights Media
Germany
This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Germany.
Curated OER
The Berlin Wall
When East and West Germany were divided, people swam lakes, climbed trains, and jumped out of windows in an attempt to reach West Berlin. Why was the wall erected? Show your high schoolers this moving video.
Curated OER
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Many walls came down at the end of the 1980s. Not only was the Berlin Wall finally taken down, but communist control in East Germany ended, too. Watch this short video clip to illustrate the emotions that the German people had due to...