1961, officially to protect the communistic part of the city from capitalism, but in reality to keep the people from leaving the communistic part. The capitalist part was doing better economically so everybody wanted to move there. This was called braindrain. The communistic leaders had to stop this, because they needed their people for their economy.
because the wall was in the city Berlin
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin was the city divided by the Berlin Wall.
They called the Berlin Wall "The Wall of Shame."
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall
The Berlin Wall surrounded West Berlin. Therefore... Inside the Berlin Wall: West Berlin Outside the Berlin Wall: The two closest cities were Potsdam to the west, and East Berlin to the east.
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.
The fall of the Berlin wall -APEX
The Berlin Wall was ripped down in the 1980's.Technically, the Berlin Wall was illegal.
Berlin and the wall was called "The Berlin Wall"
No it was an actuall wall.