How is the Berlin Wall a symbol of the cold war?

Answer 1

The Berlin Wall as a structure to prevent East Germans from escaping to the West was an indication of how life was in communist East Germany. People risked their lives to escape communism. This was all part of the Cold War.

Answer 2

The Berlin wall was considered a symbol of the Cold War because it divided East Berlin from communist West Berlin. In the three years following the fall of the Berlin Wall, almost all the communist governments in Europe collapsed, including the Soviet Union.

Answer 3

The Berlin Wall divided and separated the communist side of Berlin from the Capitalist side. That is what the whole Cold War was about; therefore, the Berlin Wall is a great symbol of that because it shows the great length that the government went to.

Answer 4

The Berlin Wall was a symbol of the Cold War, because an dictatorial group regimes, headed by the Soviet Union could not allow people to move freely in or out of a "communist" nation. In Berlin, which was the capital of East Germany, a Soviet Bloc nation, was a divided city. A wall was built to keep German people from escaping East Germany and seeking citizenship in free Germany or some other non-communist nation. Thus the "Wall" became a symbol of totalitarianism.

Answer 5

That's because this happened during the Cold War.

Answer 6

It symbolized the spread of Communism and also containment.

Answer 7

Because it was a barrier between the Communist East and the 'free' West.

Answer 8

It seperated the communistic part of germany from the capitalistic part symbolizing seperation between capitalistic USA and communistic UdSSR