There was almost 1.5 million East Berliners by Aug 1961, when the wall was erected.
the Berlin wall the separation of west Berlin and east Germany
The Berlin Wall was built in Germany in August of 1961. The Berlin Wall was built to separate East Germany and East Berlin from West Berlin. The Berlin Wall was destroyed in 1990 which allowed for unification of West and East Berlin.
It was known as the Berlin Wall and divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
The Berlin wall
Eastern Berlin was considered the Soviet sector. It was separated by West Berlin by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989, and the East German government referred to East Berlin simply as "Berlin".
1961
They built the Berlin Wall in 1961.
East Berlin was the capital of Communist East Germany. However, many East Germans wanted to escape East Germany in order to find freedom in West Germany. The easiest way to do this was to cross into West Berlin, which was an enclave of West Germany that was completely surrounded by East German territory. The East German government was dismayed by the number that East Germans who were leaving East Germany and, therefore, built the Berlin Wall in 1961 in order to prevent the further hemorrhaging of population.
The Berlin wall was deconstructed on November 9, 1989. It opened in 1961. The wall completely cut off West Berlin from East Berlin and East Germany.
Construction began in 1961, and it came down in 1989.
Berlin Wall.
1961 to 1989, 28 years