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What are so important fact about the dismantling the Berlin Wall?
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The Berlin Wall was a symbol of the Iron Curtain. When it came down, the free world won the cold war; the communists lost the cold war. They lost the "staring contest...they blinked first."
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Was Joseph Stalin part of the Berlin wall?
No. Joseph Stalin has nothing to do with the Berlin Wall. In fact, it was created several years (eight to be specific) after his death.
Was Mending Wall by Robert Frost read at the Berlin Wall?
There is no evidence to suggest that "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost was read at the Berlin Wall. The poem itself is about the physical and metaphorical boundaries between neighbors, while the Berlin Wall was a physical barrier separating East and West Berlin during the Cold War.
Whats an interesting fact about the fall of the Berlin wall?
1993 New government buildings are built in Berlin where the eastern and western parts of the city meet.
What led to construction of the Berlin Wall?
Putting it very simply: the Cold War partitioning of Berlin and the fact that many people in East Berlin were fleeing across the border to West Berlin and freedom. The communist government built the wall to prevent these people from fleeing.
Was the Berlin wall one of the lasting symbols of the cold war?
yes it was. in fact it ended the cold war
Does the Berlin wall still exists in peoples mind?
No. The Berlin Wall came down in 1989 with the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the division of East and West Germany. Nobody still thinks that the Berlin wall still exists. It came down and the two countries (East and West Germany) and the two cities (East and West Berlin) were reunited and everyone knows that for a fact. Everything connected with the Wall was torn down.
Why was Berlin Wall was Berlin wall so controversial?
The Iron Curtain dividing East and West Germany (and the Eastern Bloc) from the West was completed in 1952. However, there was a gap - in Berlin, where they was freedom of movememt between East and West Berlin. At the Potsdam Conference in 1945 it had been agreed that Berlin was to adminstered as a whole by the four Allies. Of course, with the emergence of the Cold War this became impossible. Refugees and migrants of every kind poured through this gap, and East Germany was rapidly losing skilled people. In 1961 the East German government, in consultation with the Soviet government, built the Berlin Wall, in order to halt migration out of East Germany. It was of course an admission of failure. The Berlin Wall came to have a symbolic and emotional significance that went well beyond its actual importance.
What year did the blockade that led to the Berlin wall begin?
If you are talking about the Berlin Blockade it came long before the Berlin wall was built. The famous Berlin Blockade began in June 1948 and didn't end until May 1949. The Berlin Blockade was the result of the Soviets blocking all roads between West Berlin and West Germany, meaning there was no supply of food to West Berlin. This led to the Berlin Airlift where the western powers dropped food parcels into West Berlin. The Berlin Wall wasn't built until 1961,due to the fact that many East Berliners were escaping to West Berlin due to the better living conditions in the west. Although this had been going on for years. In the day before the wall was erected 5000 people fled East Berlin. The first wire version of the wall was built overnight and separated east and West Berlin for 29 years until it was torn down in 1989. I hope this helps.
Who wanted the Berlin Wall to be built?
heyyy west german people because east germans were visiting west germany to often. In fact 2.6 million people from the east were escaping to the west....
Fact about Germany?
Germany's capital is Berlin
How many people escaped over the Berlin wall?
There were a total of 239 deaths due to the Berlin Wall. The first victim, or mayter, was tragically shot six days after the wall was erected. His name was Jeff Jacoby. The last person slain due to the Berlin Wall was Chris Geoffry.
Where is the city of Berlin located?
Berlin is located in Germany. It has an area of nearly 900km squared and has a population of 3.5 million as of 2012. An interesting fact is that during the Cold War it was divided by a wall which separated the countries of West and East Germany up until its destruction in 1989.
