The Berlin Wall

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Across
  1. 4. What around 5,000 East Germans managed to do successfully over the Wall.
  2. 8. Directional term used to describe the Soviet-controlled side of Berlin.
  3. 14. Famous phrase Kennedy used to express solidarity with Berliners in 1963.
  4. 15. Term used to describe the group of Soviet-aligned Eastern European states.
  5. 16. Superpower that supported the GDR and led the Eastern Bloc.
  6. 18. Ulbricht’s ultra-loyal deputy who helped purge modernisers from the party.
  7. 19. U.S. intelligence agency that received reports about the wall’s construction.
  8. 20. The first unmanned satellite, launched by the USSR in 1957.
  9. 21. Side of Berlin under US, British, and French control.
  10. 22. The city where Khrushchev and Kennedy held a tense 1961 summit.
  11. 23. Ulbricht demanded that the West recognize this for the GDR.
  12. 25. A demand Khrushchev issued to NATO to recognize the GDR or face consequences.
  13. 26. Soviet leader who gave the GDR permission to build the Berlin Wall.
  14. 27. What Westerners had to show to enter East Berlin after 1960.
Down
  1. 1. The East German prison where politically subversive individuals were held.
  2. 2. The major conflict Kennedy wanted to avoid by tolerating the wall.
  3. 3. The brutal response to the 1953 East German strikes.
  4. 5. British Prime Minister who was panicked by Khrushchev’s Berlin threats.
  5. 6. Political style based on strict central control and repression, followed by Ulbricht.
  6. 7. Country visited by East German officials in 1961, worrying the USSR.
  7. 9. U.S. President who said "A wall is better than a war" in response to the Berlin Crisis.
  8. 10. Term for crossing points between East and West Berlin.
  9. 11. The bird Harold Macmillan was hunting when the Wall went up.
  10. 12. Leader of East Germany who pushed for the building of the Berlin Wall.
  11. 13. Chinese leader critical of Khrushchev for not using Soviet technology to spread revolution.
  12. 17. Khrushchev wanted to turn Berlin into this kind of city in 1958.
  13. 21. Physical barrier built in 1961 to divide Berlin.
  14. 24. Kennedy’s National Security Advisor who proposed a plan to destabilize the GDR