West Berlin had the higher population density. Between 1946 and 1989, the population of West Berlin grew from 1,996,250 to 2,130,525. During the same time frame the population of East Berlin grew from 1,174,582 to 1,279,212.
West Berlin became prosperous while East Berlin struggled with communist pigheadedness and incompetence. Nobody tried to escape from West Berlin to East Berlin.
They built the Berlin Wall in 1961.
Berlin. It was divided into West Berlin (capitalist) and East Berlin (communist) by the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989, and East Berlin and West Berlin were formally reuinted in 1990.
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.
Because the Berlin Wall was built by the east German communist rulers to prevent east German people from escaping to the capitalist west.
West Berlin became prosperous while East Berlin struggled with communist pigheadedness and incompetence. Nobody tried to escape from West Berlin to East Berlin.
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.
Berlin. It surrounded West Berlin, so people couldn't get from communist East Germany into Capitalist West Berlin.
They couldn't get to work anymore because the wall didnt allow people from the east to commute to the west. They had to find a new job in the east.
The Berlin wall separated east and west Berlin
Yes. People could cross from West Berlin to West Germany.
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.
They built the Berlin Wall in 1961.
Berlin. It was divided into West Berlin (capitalist) and East Berlin (communist) by the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989, and East Berlin and West Berlin were formally reuinted in 1990.
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 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.