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The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961. Between 1949 and 1961 nearly 2. 5 million East Germans left to live in Western Germany. The wall was built at the suggestion of Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev to stop the mass exodus.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoThere are many reasons as to why Nikita Krushchev ordered the construction, but one of the main factors was the poor state of East Berlin's economy. Professionals such as doctors, teachers, lawyers, etc,. were leaving for the better living conditions and better paying jobs in the west. This meant the East Berlin population was poorer, less skilled and less educated. Krushchev knew that his Berlin could not survive without these people and therefore walled them in so that they couldn't see West Berlin, "the window of the west", and wouldn't leave to find a better life there. Sadly, it worked but it did come at a cost-many families were separated and people were imprisoned for decades or died trying to escape.
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∙ 12y agoNikita Khrushchev, The soviet premier at the time of the Berlin wall basically built the wall to prevent GDR citizens escape into the 'Capitalist west', At the time Many Berliners were flooding across the Border into West Berlin leaving the Soviet Union and the GDRs Control.
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∙ 12y agoBerlin was open to begin with, but those from the East saw how much better life, the economy especially, was on the West side where freedom, and Capitalism, reigned. They wanted Opportunity for their families, and moved to the other side. Once the Communists realized what was happening, they built a "wall" to keep their people in with armed guards that would shoot escaping people. They could not even visit their families in the West for years. Occasionally, people would escape or refuse to return from an approved trip, but if family members were still in the East, they were threatened with their safety if they did not return. Those in the East suffered poverty as well as lack of Freedom. It was very sad.
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∙ 13y agoTo stop emigration
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What was thee Berlin Wall and why was it built?
After WWII, Germany was defeated by the allies and divided. East Germany was run by the USSR (Russians). Berlin, the capital, was located in East Germany, but was controlled by the USSR and the western allies. The Berlin wall was build to keep the East Germans in Eastern Berlin from entering Western Berlin of Western Germany.
What about the Berlin wall?
The Berlin Wall was built in Germany in August of 1961. The Berlin Wall was built to separate East Germany and East Berlin from West Berlin. The Berlin Wall was destroyed in 1990 which allowed for unification of West and East Berlin.
When was Berlin Wall build?
Although East Germany was already sealed off from West Germany, Berlin had an "open" border. In 1961, East Germany closed the border and built the Wall dividing West Berlin from East Berlin. The area of East Berlin was the Sovjet zone, while West Berlin was compounded of the French, British and U.S. zones. The Eastern Bloc, under the control of the USSR, fell in 1989, as did the infamous Wall". The next year, Germany celebrated Reunification (Oct. 3, 1990)
Was the Berlin Wall located in the East or the West of Germany?
east Germany. Berlin was located entirely within east Germany, but then the city was further divided into east and west parts by the sectors of the allies after the war, and eventually by the wall Berlin wall
What was the name of the wall that once spared East And West Germany?
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall divided this country into east and west sections?
The Berlin wall is located in Germany and it divided Berlin.
What is the popularity of Berlin?
The city of East Berlin was a tourist city , in East Germany as they had built the infamous wall , called the wall of Berlin.
What did Berlin Wall separate?
It separated East and West BerlinThe Berlin Wall separated east and west Germany.
How did the city of Berlin reflect the differences of East Germany and West Germany?
The Berlin Wall????
What city in the world was once split in half?
Berlin, Germany was once split in half by the Berlin Wall. West of the wall was West Germany, who was democratic. East of the wall was East Germany, who was communist.
What sructure separated Germany into east Germany and West Germany?
No structure. Berlin was separated by the berlin wall.
When Did The Berlin Wall Get Destroyed?
The Berlin wall was deconstructed on November 9, 1989. It opened in 1961. The wall completely cut off West Berlin from East Berlin and East Germany.
