The Berlin Wall.
Berlin Wall.
it was dividing east berlin and west berlin
The Berlin wall
It was build in East Berlin, by the East German government (presumably at the behest of the Soviet Union), on the East Geman side of the border between East and West Berlin. Its purpose was to prevent the escape of East German citizens to West Berlin.
The Berlin Wall
Berlin was famously divided during the Cold War, split into East Berlin and West Berlin from 1949 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. This division symbolized the broader ideological conflict between the communist East and the democratic West. The wall served as a physical barrier and a stark reminder of the political tensions of the time.
The Berlin Wall is located in Europe. It was a barrier that divided East and West Berlin, Germany, from 1961 until its fall in 1989. The wall symbolized the Cold War's division between the communist East and the democratic West. Today, remnants of the wall serve as historical landmarks and reminders of that era.
West Berlin became prosperous while East Berlin struggled with communist pigheadedness and incompetence. Nobody tried to escape from West Berlin to East Berlin.
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stop trade between East and West Berlin
stop trade between East and West Berlin
Fortified and guarded barrier between East and West Berlin erected on orders from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1961 to stop the flow of people to the West. Until its destruction in 1989, the wall was a vivid symbol of the divide between the communist and capitalist worlds.