GRMN3011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Berlin Crisis Of 1961, Deutsche Mark, Vienna Summit
27 Oct 2018
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W e e k 2 : 1 9 6 1 t h e b e r l i n c r i s i s a n d. First berlin crisis berlin blockade: 24/6/48-12/5/49, soviet forces enforced blockade of western allies" access to west berlin (thereby isolating. West berlin), offering to drop the blockade if western allies withdrew the introduction of the. Deutsche mark from west berlin: note that introduction of deutsche mark was necessary as previous reichsmark had been over-circulated and therefore devalued, and reform was needed for an economically stable western germany. Second berlin crisis die republikflucht: 1958-1961, many citizens from east germany fleeing to west germany and in fact reaching its peak by. 1961, 20% of the german population had migrated to the west: many eastern bloc countries tried to prevent citizens from leaving for the west but berlin border was more porous and provided a loophole.
