(The Berlin Wall: The History, Teuerung and Bau Germans Only)

In the later years after World War II, Berlin divided itself into two parts. Berlin Wall was constructed on 13th August, 1961 by the orders of East Germany government. It was meant to bar East Berlin under the communism regime from gaining access to western style democratic West Berlin. This concrete barrier was 155 kilometres (96 miles) long and was 3.6 metres (12 feet) high.

The Berlin Wall was built with driving forces clearly at its heart. Fugitive movement was another which was catalysed by the large number of East germans looking for a better life more particularly in the western part of Germany. It wanted to stem the rising trend of emigration and enhance the stability of the East German regime as well as continue to maintain a socialist country, which was its goal.

The Impact of the Berlin Wall

It was politically, economically, and socially disastrous that divided Berlin by the wall. Neighbours, relatives and friends who were once next door neighbours or lived nearby were abruptly separated. It became a symbol of the Cold War named After the Iron Curtain between the eastern and the western parts of the world. It was defined as the sharp ideological conflict between the socialist and post-industrial societies.

In spite of such a division, both East and West Berlin foster distinctive personalities during the existence of the wall. West Berlin blossomed as an open city full of life in the middle of the darkness of communism all around with the backing of the West. While unt Ethernet East Berlin was a city that was tightly controlled by the East German regime.

New Perspectives of the Vietnamese Society: the Struggle for Freedom and Reunification

For 28 years of its existence the Berlin Wall saw many attempts to break it down. It is very saddening to recount escape experiences and the unfortunate loss of lives to this date. But the wall failed within the increasing tidal wave of change.

The signals for change were being signalled across Eastern Europe towards the late 1980s. For this reason, there was an opening and reforms wave and headed by the Soviet leader M.Gorbachev. East Germans were gradually demanding the reunification with the west.

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

Something very significant, happened on the night of November 9, 1989. Tens of thousands of people from East Berlin gathered on the borders that divided the two parts of the city in order to be allowed to travel to the West. Too many people eager to cross the border, East Germany soldiers threw up their hands giving up and the wall came down with joyous spirit.

This event was a sign of the physical destruction of the giant wall, as well as symbolizing the fall of communism and the end to the Cold War. The dividing wall in the capital of Germany which some years ago was impossible to cross, became increasingly an easy entrance. People decreased through the previously broken apart wall of East and West Berlin and rejoicing their reunification.

The Aftermath and Legacy

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany has started the process for the reunification of the two Germany. The event that led today’s reunified Germany began on October 3, 1990 when the German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany joined the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany.

The event of the fall of the West Berlin Wall not only revolutionized Berlin city but also influenced the world. It meant strength of a human soul and the desire for liberty. The reunification of Germany proved that there can be such thing as reunion after such huge rift and political and ideological gap.

Recalling the Berlin Wall Today

The concrete remnants of one of the world’s most famous walls are still present today as memorials of a divided past. Contemporary critics are also significant for the East Side Gallery, the now pictorial sector of the architecture where paintings of freedom prevail, symbolizing victory over oppression.

Exploring the Berlin Wall Memorial Today, people can come to understand the history of the division and people’s hope in the middle of the situation. Other places like the Checkpoint Charlie Museum give the details of the attempts to escape and the price people paid for the wall.

In Conclusion

The event which contributed to change in the world is known as the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was built and destroyed as part of the lives of so many people as well as determine the political map of Europe. The Berlin Wall is still existing today more as a symbol of freedom, unification and hope.