Depending on whose viewpoint you believe--either to keep the West and their decadent influences out of East Berlin, or to keep the people of East Berlin inside East Berlin.
The construction of the Berlin wall begun on August 13, 1961.
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The Berlin Wall was more than steel and concrete. What did its construction AND destruction symbolize?
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It meant the war was on
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separated the east side from the west side of Berlin. It was built to prevent people from escaping from the eastern half of Berlin.
Besides part of the Berlin Wall? There's always construction and demolition going on in Berlin.
The Berlin Blockade (defeated by air transport planes from West Germany) was in 1948. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and lasted until 1989. The Berlin Blockade was first, before the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Berlin Wall was started in August 1961