On the east side, it was forbidden to go on the side of the street the Wall was on. (The Wall was on Mauerstrasse - "wall street." It's still named that.) The west side didn't have that problem.
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.
You can see parts of the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany.
The East side of Berlin was controlled by the U.S.S.R and was communist, while the West side was controlled by the U.S. and was capitalist.
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.
On the East Side yes but on the west side no
separated the east side from the west side of Berlin. It was built to prevent people from escaping from the eastern half of Berlin.
East was communist and run by the Soviets. The West side was run by the Allies and remained free of Communism.
No. Berlin was divided into east Berlin and west Berlin and the country was divided into east and west Germany. West Germany prospered but east Germany was on the wrong side of the iron curtain. it fell into poverty.
soviet -> communist
USSR
East side.
East Germany has since modernized and caught up with the rest of the world; however, if you have ever walked through Berlin, differences between the west and the east sides are obvious. The east side is not as modern as the west side, and in East Berlin, you can still see bullet holes in buildings. East Germany has since modernized and caught up with the rest of the world; however, if you have ever walked through Berlin, differences between the west and the east sides are obvious. The east side is not as modern as the west side, and in East Berlin, you can still see bullet holes in buildings.