The Berlin Wall

Due to the Berlin wall families were divided, and no physical connection was able to be made from each side. Jobs from the East and West side of Berlin were cut off. The reason given to the East Berliners for putting the wall up was too, put off aggression from the West, even though the wall pointed inward to East German territory. During the wall's 30 year history, unstable and varying reports claim that either 192 or 239 people were killed trying to cross the wall. Interestingly enough, through the wall's 30 year history there were roughly 5000 successful escapes into West Berlin.

One reason as to why the Berlin Wall was built is that East Berliners were escaping to West Berlin. The conditions in the two halves of the city were very different: in the Communist East, wages were small, freedoms were limited and the overall quality of life was low when compared to its Western counterpart; in the Capitalist West, wages were high,

The separation creates not only a physical wall but a metaphorical wall as well. The countries are ignoring the true problem and resorting to blocking it out, hence why the Berlin Wall was called the “iron curtain”. Social relations were also affected because families and friends could be on either side of the wall making it difficult to communicate or be with. Many people fled East Germany because they had family in West Germany, but when the wall was constructed, so relations were severed.

"For I join you, as I join your fellow countrymen in the west, in this firm, this unalterable belief: there is only one Berlin." This short excerpt from Ronald Reagan's speech, "Tear Down This Wall" relates to how I feel about the wall. I feel that there should be no wall dividing the country. There are many downfalls with having this wall, both physically and emotionally. Having this wall means there is no freedom, less job opportunities, it separates friends and families, and not only does it affect the environment but people around it too, and not in a positive way. By keeping the wall we would only be hurting ourselves, if we tore it down, there would be much more opportunities and less conflicts within the country.

Today the United States is committing a grave error in building the wall on our border. Humanity made a huge mistake by building the Berlin Wall. It is much more useful to solve common problems and foster prosperity in both countries. The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep Western “fascists” from entering

Berlin Wall, known as the Iron Curtain, divided and separated the entire Europe in two. Berlin Wall was meant to stop people from escaping to the West. Many people didn’t have a chance to react before the wall was set up. No one was allowed to cross to the other side without permission. Tens of thousands of people were separated in just one night. On both sides, separated brothers, sisters,

The Berlin Wall was significant to lives of many people through many ways. It was the centre of the lives of every person living in Germany.

At the beginning of the Cold War, the communist government in East Germany (GDR) and the Soviet Union agreed that a wall, restricting the people’s free access to the west (Allies), was the only way to solve the mass exodus that threatened the East German economy and made the Soviet Union look inferior to their rival the United States. The Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin, was constructed, and the East Berliners were trapped behind a desperate and failing Iron Curtain until a revolution finally led to their freedom.

The Berlin Wall had a major impact on humanity’s views on how society should be ruled. Berlin is the capital of Germany. After the ending of WWII, Berlin was split up into East Berlin, and West Berlin. East Berlin was communist, suffered from the repressions of the Communist Party. West Berlin had a better lifestyle, and had financial aid from the United States. From the years between nineteen forty-nine to nineteen sixty-one, approximately 2.5 million people from East Berlin escaped to West Berlin. This toll included skilled workers, professionals, and intellectuals. Because of the loss of these people, the economy in East Berlin was threatened. On August twelve-thirteen, nineteen sixty-one, the Berlin was built in order to stop the people of East Berlin from fleeing. The Berlin wall was a major point during the Cold War, and many opposed it. It gave another reason to detest communism.

For starters, the wall was a very adequate way of keeping the citizens of the GDR from fleeing to the west. Their plans of building a wall to keep citizens in was not known to the public at the time, but “in August 13, 1961, this top-secret operation was carried out by the military and police, under the direction of the future head of the GDR, Erich Honecker. Its aim: to stop the flight of GDR citizens, especially skilled workers, to West Berlin” (Rodden). Once the wall was built the number of emigrants in the next three months dropped from 14,821 to 2,420 (Baker). This was exactly what the GDR was hoping for, but why did they want to stop their citizens from leaving? Well, it would cause Communism to look fragile and lousy as a result of countless of people trying to escape from it. Not only that, but “most emigrants were young and well-qualified, useful people

In Frost's poem, it keeps friends away from each other and prevents new friendships from being started. The narrator has no friends because the wall separates and makes it to where he can't have friends. He doesn't want the wall there, but the neighbor does, so it's really just a big emotional conflict between the two. It also has a lot of physical labor put into it to keep the wall up. On the other hand, Reagan is shooting people as they try to climb over the wall. This wall keeps them cut off from the rest of the world, and unable to gain supplies. The whole purpose of this wall is to separate East Berlin from West Berlin, because of the Cold War. Not only does this wall separate city and country, but it also separated families from being together. Which is a very hard, emotional

The Berlin Wall symbolized many things for different people. For the Germans it served as their punishment from World War II, this punishment divided up their country and separated many people from their families who might have lived in different parts of Germany. Everyday things that were accessible to them like going to the grocery store or visiting family members were now made harder since in order to cross to the other side of the wall people would have to go through security checks. The Wall also represented death because if someone were to try to escape to the other side of the wall they would be shot dead. To other countries the Berlin Wall represented communism as well as division between two different forms of government. During

The Berlin wall was a wall that was up to 15 feet high, which separated East and West Berlin during the Cold War. It lasted 28 years from 1961 and 1989. Throughout this time period, many people living in East Germany left and fled to West Germany because they had a better economic system. Since their lost in WWII, East Germany built the wall to prevent access to West Berlin. Because of this separation that lasted 28 years, many families, friends and relatives were separated. The wall slowly progressed to become even more advanced so that it would be harder for people to get to the other side. About 5,000 people survived, 5,000 people got caught and 191 more were killed. People were willing to do anything at any means just to get over the wall

The article discusses three ways in which all border walls have in common, as the title very well states. The first is a person's natural reaction to something that so often splits cultural, political as social communities apart, and includes a study on the Berlin Wall, and how the closer one gets to it, the more symptoms of anxiety they would have. Similarly, the author state that, in reality, the border walls never work as intended, citing the walls in places like Mellia, and once again, the Berlin Wall. Lastly, how often times, the original plans for the walls are shifted or rearranged completely because of social backlash, or for the simple reason that it disrupts business.

Imagine being separated from your family, even if they lived across the street. Imagine being held at gunpoint for questioning a soldiers deminor. If you worked in east berlin but owned a house in west berlin, you had to find a new job in the side of berlin you lived in. West Berlin lived a better life than those in East Berlin, and the mayor of West Berlin often criticized how the United States failed to contain communism and how they fled instead of helping contain and eliminate communism. The Eastern Government argued that the wall was there to prevent fascism from entering their side of Berlin. Though this was seen as false since the defences pointed inward, implying that they were keeping the Eastern Germans inside at all times, preventing anyone from escaping. The construction of the wall created many hardships for families across Berlin. Some families were so