Importance Of The Berlin Wall

For 28 years, the Berlin Wall separated West from the East of Germany and became a symbol of the Cold War. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 by the Soviet, it was meant to stop East of Germany’s citizens to over flow to the West since East was under communist power. The wall was built over night and many were surprised about it, the physical construction of the Berlin Wall began in August 5, 1961. Many families on either side were separated from their loved ones and were very saddened by the separation. The Berlin Wall connects to Responsibilities and Rights because they wanted East Germany and West Germany to unite after World War 2.

After World War Two ended, Germany was in a horrible state. America would fly in all kinds of supplies on an average of one plane every three minutes. America, Great Britain, and France created three zones with democratic governments in Germany. In every zone, officials would work to help govern and re-build. In Russia, the Soviet Union also wanted a piece of Germany. The Soviet Union was an extreme communist government, and they had a dictator named Joseph Stalin. In 1947, the Soviet Union began to take control of Germany. They took control of about half of Germany, including half of Berlin. West Germany not only relied on East Germany for economic supplies and aid, but the East also relied on West Germany. On June 23, 1948 Stalin ordered that all land routes into Berlin from the west be cut off .This was known as the German blockade. However, in less than a year later Stalin ended the blockade because he wasn’t able to push the Western Governments out of Germany. Now that the Western Side of Germany was under control of the West, they became the Democratic Federal Republic of Germany, otherwise kn...

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...all were finally opened after almost thirty years. East Germans ran through the open gates, and East Germans were given exit visas for free and on demand. Families and friends were finally untied and Germany was free.

Some celebrated by bashing down sections of the wall, most of the wall was destroyed in 1990. Germany was officially reunited in October 3, 1990. The crowds of people were enormous, they all rejoiced and were truly happy to see their family again. The Berlin Wall left an ugly dent on Germany’s History but that doesn’t mean that it can’t achieve greatness in the future. The people of Berlin and Germany are better now and learned from their mistakes. Over all The Berlin Wall connected to the theme Responsibilities and Rights very good since after the war governments in West Berlin and East Berlin rapidly and dramatically changed in terms of government.