They were worried that the people would try to escape over to West Germany. That's why soldiers were posted to shoot anyone who dared to come around. The communists wanted to keep their power over East Germany safe.
The Berlin wall was resolved by a croud of people who went on for days tearing the wall down.
The Berlin Wall Online Website (see link below) lists 192 people as having been killed on the Berlin Wall.
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin was the city divided by the Berlin Wall.
They built the Berlin Wall in 1961.
Because they didn't want anyone to try to escape over it.
The Berlin wall was resolved by a croud of people who went on for days tearing the wall down.
The Berlin Wall was patrolled by soldiers on the East German side and they had orders to fire on people trying to climb over the wall to West Berlin.
The Berlin Wall Online Website (see link below) lists 192 people as having been killed on the Berlin Wall.
communism
because the wall was in the city Berlin
Nobody wants a permanent barrier between former West Berlin and its environs, but people do want small parts of the Berlin Wall to remain in place as a reminder of Berlin's history.
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall
Berlin. It surrounded West Berlin, so people couldn't get from communist East Germany into Capitalist West Berlin.
Berlin. It surrounded West Berlin, so people couldn't get from communist East Germany into Capitalist West Berlin.