When the Berlin Wall first went up, it consisted of a some cement blocks but was mostly made of long coils of barbed wire. In 1976 the East Germans began to build a more permanent structure with reinforced concrete. They built it in sections over a period of 4 years.
Not all of the Berlin Wall was made of concrete. The concrete segments of the wall made up 106km of the total, whilst 66.5km of the wall was made of wire mesh Fencing. You can find more information on specific facts about the Berlin Wall at the Berlin Wall Online website (see link below).
Yes. Most of the Berlin Wall was made of prefabricated concrete slabs.
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The Berlin Wall was dividing East Berlin from West Berlin. That is correct. It's worth adding that the Berlin Wall also made the division of Germany into East and West total - until 1989. Some historians have noted that the purpose of the Berlin Wall was to stem the tide of westerners fleeing into the embrace of the communist fold. Others seem to believe that the wall was designed to keep their own citizens from escaping the loving arms of their communist government. (This answer is not intended to advance the point of view of the West. It is a twisted version of what most believe to be true, but it is accurate based on some beliefs).The Berlin Wall divided West Berlin from East Germany. This is important--it ran all the way around town, and people escaped into West Berlin from all directions. You only heard about the people who escaped from East Berlin.
It is said that construction of the wall began early in the morning, on 13th August 1961, and took just 24 hours to complete. The original 'wall' was actually a barbed-wire topped fence. Over the next 14 years more fortified additions were made until the final larger and stronger concrete wall was constructed in 1975. This was the wall that stood until the opening of the checkpoints in 1989. All this information can be found together in one site: http://www.berlin-life.com/berlin/wall
The Berlin Wall was built in 1961. It was completely torn down from 1989 until 1991. All of this happened during the 20th century.
Berliners were over joyed when the Berlin Wall came down. The news portrayed people from both sides climbing and tearing down the wall all happy and partying. It was a great day for all Berliners.
After WWII Germany was split into for zones of occupation. The city of Berlin, completely within the Russian zone was also divided. In 1961 due to continued flight of its citizens the East Germans with the tacit approval of the Russians erected what was to become the Berlin Wall. At first just barbed wire and barricades, it later developed into the concrete monstrosity we all know.
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The purpose of the Berlin Wall was to force people to remain in the eastern half of Berlin. At the time the wall was built, millions of people had fled East Germany to seek better lives in the west. many of the escaping through Berlin. The wall stopped them and forced them to remain in East Germany.
It was a nonviolent conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was an attempt to put Berlin under Communist control. It was an attempt by the United States to contain Communism.
Almost all of it is gone. There is a small section that remains as a museum.
The Berlin wall started when Germany was divided up into 4 section 1 for the U.S 1 for the USSR 1 for France and 1 for Britain then after that the people in east Berlin were trying to escape communism by fleeing into the western side of Germany the communist were angry and decided to built a wall stopping all from crossing the boarder.