There was a growing contrast between life in the West and life in the East. In West Berlin and West Germany, the economy recovered well. Rebuilding and economic aid from the USA (Marshall Aid ...

The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact of the Wall on international relations Test your knowledge In the late 1950s, issues around Berlin sparked off one of the ...

Berlin is divided by light. The contrast is a legacy from the Cold War, when Germany was divided from east to west as tensions mounted between America and the West, against Russia. Berlin was ...