The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, official name: antifaschistischer Schutzwall, anti-fascist protection barrier was a system of fortifications built by the government of East Germany (German Democratic Republic, pro-Soviet) to prevent the free movement of persons between West Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany) and the territory of East Germany. It was considered the symbol of the iron curtain, the European boundary between the US and the Soviet zone of influence during the cold war. The wall that surrounded West Berlin, has divided the city of Berlin for 28 years, from 13 August 1961
The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, official name: antifaschistischer Schutzwall, anti-fascist protection barrier was a system of fortifications built by the government of East Germany (German Democratic Republic, pro-Soviet) to prevent the free movement of persons between West Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany) and the territory of East Germany. It was considered the symbol of the iron curtain, the European boundary between the US and the Soviet zone of influence during the cold war. The wall that surrounded West Berlin, has divided the city of Berlin for 28 years, from 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989, the day when the East German government decreed the opening of borders with the Federal Republic. in the photo murals after the fall of the Berlin Wall (Photo by Andrea Ronchini/Pacific Press)
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