Berlin Wall: Where It Still Stands

Berlin Wall: Where It Still Stands berlin wall The Berlin Wall fell 34 years ago—but divides between East and West Germany reverberate, even for those born after Reunification berlin68 The Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East

berlin68 The Berlin Wall stood for twenty-eight years as a physical embodiment of the Iron Curtain As the Cold War dragged on, it became its own symbol

berlin 777 The Cold War in Berlin Two years after the construction of the Berlin Wall, President Kennedy paid a historic visit to Berlin to challenge Soviet oppression The wall came down partly because of a bureaucratic accident but it fell amid a wave of revolutions that left the Soviet-led communist bloc