Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), the Berlin Wall.For nearly three decades Berlin was split in two (Germany) in 1961.The wall was supposed to stop people from South to North.It had various negative repercussions on those living in its westshadow. Some of the which we shall explore and understand in this article are:In Berlin Wall effects that are adverse.
1. Separation of Families and Loved Ones
The Berlin Wall had one of the most heartrending consequences of all:
families and loved ones separated. The connections were severed by the wall.
and between friends, between parents, between siblings and children, between friends and siblings, between founders and entrepreneurs, between friends and founders, between friends and entrepreneurs, between all things and Entreprises.
opposite sides. Those families were destroyed and those individuals were stripped.away from their support systems.
And those on both sides were tormented, emotionally, by the wall.
sides. Communication was difficult, and visits were intermittent and
It is heavily restricted, through which many have been feeling isolated and alone for years.
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Freedom and Opportunity Loss
Effectively the Berlin Wall made East Berlin cut off
West Berlin, the democratic and prosperous. The people in East Berlin
They had faced great limitations to their freedom and opportunities.
Travel, employment, education, and it was all controlled by the East German government.
other aspects of daily life. They were not able to go to careers or
without the state’s permission, educational opportunities in the west.
And thus many East Germans knew only limited economic growth.
and the lack of personal growth.
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Violations of Human Rights
To violate human rights to such an extent is the Berlin Wall. It denied
ensure citizens their basic freedom of movement and their right to live and work
where they desired. They ramped attempts to cross the wall up to severe
As with East German guards, consequences including imprisonment or even death.
They were told to shoot people trying to get away.
In addition, the wall represented oppression and division of the.
a nation. It symbolized the ideological and
and that reinforced the notion of a
divided Germany.
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Economic Impacts
Not only was it used to separate families or restrict freedom.
Both of these states had also had substantial economic consequences. East
The wall greatly limited trade so it caused economic decline in Germany.
West Germany and the rest of the world.
Competition between the capitalist economy of the West and economy of the Eastern Bloc’s planned economy didn’t fare well.
economies of the West. It hindered economic development.
instead they have resulted in a stagnant, less prosperous society than West.
Germany.
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Symbol of the Cold War
The Berlin Wall was a Cold War symbol – a divide.democracy and communism. It was the struggles of They embodied the ideological tension people living under the Iron Curtain.in the East—between the Eastern Bloc and the Western Allies. Especially, the existence of the wall reinforced the East-West antagonism.Cold War (Cold) in an effort to perpetuate Cold War tensions and reinforce perception of Cold. a divide irreconcilable between the two opposing political systems.
Conclusion
The Berlin Wall affected people’s lives profoundly negatively in .
both sides. It did not respect human.They hindered economic development, and were a sign of division, a symbol.and ideological conflict. The wall, perhaps, was supposed to deal withits consequences were far reaching and afflicted many and related It has been an enormous hardship on countless people for over nearly three decades.
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