They were kept there by threat of death.
It was built by the communist leaders to keep their people IN and the free word OUT.
The Communists built a 28 mile long wall in Berlin, Germany to separate the Democratic western, and Communist eastern halves of Germany during the Cold War
keep people from leaving East Germany
keep people from leaving East Germany
The Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1961 to prevent mass emigration and defection from East to West Berlin. The wall was a physical barrier separating East and West Berlin, symbolizing the divide between the communist Eastern Bloc and the capitalist Western Bloc during the Cold War. It was a strategic move by the East German government to stem the flow of skilled workers and intellectuals leaving for the more prosperous West.
He repeated that phrase because he wanted to show the people who dont understand the circumstanses between the free world and the communists world that berlin wass a big cause of that conflict
There were all sorts of feelings. Some people wanted nothing more than to get out of East Germany. Other people loved being communists.
The Berlin Wall was built to keep people from leaving.
Because Russia had taken over East Berlin, the supplies coming from West Berlin to East Berlin had been cut off, leaving the people in East Berlin with virtually no supplies. The Berlin Airlift was then enacted as a sort of brinkmanship as well as to give East Berliners their items.
The wall prevented people from leaving. They were forced to stay on their side of the wall.
Yes, they kept people from leaving their side of the border. No, we still got supplies through to them.
He repeated that phrase because he wanted to show the people who dont understand the circumstanses between the free world and the communists world that berlin wass a big cause of that conflict