THE BERLIN WALL

THE WALL

• The point of the wall was to separate East and West Germany
• Many people in East Germany migrated to West Germany due to a mix of political, economic, and personal reasons
• It lasted from August 13, 1961 to Nov. 9, 1989
• The wall is actually two separate walls

CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL

• Construction started shortly after WWII ended
• They started with barbed wire lining the border, so it became increasingly harder to cross over
• However, the sector borders of West Berlin were still open, so many people went through there

EXPANSION AND DESTRUCTION

• Even after the wall was built, people were still migrating to the west
• The wall made it so that family and friends were separated
• In 1975, the East German leadership gave people the right to freely cross between Germanies
• The demolition began when the border opened

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

• The Berlin Wall is important because it separated East and West Germany. The fall of the Berlin Wall meant 1 country, which split into 2, now forming back into 1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• “WELCOME.” Berlin Wall Memorial, www.berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de/en/index.html.
• Bildung, Bundeszentrale für politische. Homepage | Chronicle of the Wall, www.chronik-der-mauer.de/en/.
• “History of the Berlin Wall and Its Fall Visualized with Videos and Images - Rbb.” History of the Berlin Wall and Its Fall Visualized with Videos and Images - Rbb, www.the-berlin-wall.com/.