The Berlin Wall in St Mary’s


We’ve always learned about our own perspectives on Wars and their results, but Mrs Shanks kindly came in to meet the P7’s and tell them about life in East Germany after World War 2.


Mrs Shanks told them how each area of Germany was divided after WWII and supported by diff erent countries; the West was supported by the USA, France and Britain but the East was controlled by the USSR. The West was known as the Federal Republic of Western Germany and the East was the Democratic Republic of Eastern Germany, even though it was a communist country.


They learned about the Berlin wall and how people would try to evacuate and leave Eastern Germany to Western Germany. 171 people were killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall into West Germany.


Mrs Shanks told us about her Grandmother helping her neighbours move from East to West Germany by travelling on the train and taking small packages of items for them and storing them in West Germany. After a period of time, the family had enough belongings stored in West Germany to take a day trip and never come back!


This was


very dangerous and Mrs Shanks’ Grandmother was very brave. The P7’s saw Mrs Shank’s East German Passport and she even brought a piece of the wall in for them to hold.


They all found the Berlin Wall very interesting and enjoyed learning about the country and how Mikhail Gorbachev gave them independence.


Thank you very much, Mrs Shanks! By Alex P (P7)


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