Political
significance of the Berlin Wall
- Berlin Wall existed from 1961 till 1989
- It was constructed by the German Democratic Republic
- Berlin Wall divided West Germany from East Germany during the
cold war
- West Germany represented Democratic Capitalist Countries.
- East Germany represented Communist Regime
Moral
significance of the Berlin Wall
- The excuse for the wall was to keep westerners out of East
Berlin, but the real reason was to keep people from defecting out
of Communist rule into the free world
- The Berlin Wall became a symbol of Cold War tensions
between the US and the Soviet Union that lasted for 28 years until
1989
- The Berlin Wall was officially referred to as the “Anti-Fascist
Protection Rampart” by GDR authorities
- The West Berlin city government sometimes referred to it as the
“Wall of Shame” while condemning the Wall’s restriction on freedom
of movement.
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