The Eastern Side of the Berlin Wall was primarily inhabited by residents of East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was a socialist state established in 1949. This area was under the control of the Soviet Union, and its government enforced strict measures to prevent citizens from fleeing to the West. The populace included a mix of workers, government officials, and families, all living under the surveillance of the state. The wall itself was a symbol of the division between the communist East and the democratic West during the Cold War.
The eastern side.
separated the east side from the west side of Berlin. It was built to prevent people from escaping from the eastern half of Berlin.
On the west side of the wall, people could paint. Eastern soldiers would yell, but no one was ever shot. On the Eastern side there was a strip of cleared area that no one could enter, no one painted the Eastern side.
Berlin. There was a Eastern Berlin and a Western Berlin. that's why its Berlin
You can see parts of the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany.
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The Berlin Wall.
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.
The Berlin Wall
Eastern Berlin was considered the Soviet sector. It was separated by West Berlin by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989, and the East German government referred to East Berlin simply as "Berlin".
During the years the Berlin Wall divided the city in half, one side was capitalist and the other side was communist. The west side of the wall was the capitalist side.
The Berlin Wall divided Berlin into East and West Berlin. East Berlin, also called the Eastern Bloc, belonged to Soviet Russia and was communist. West Berlin was democratic.