Berlin Wall Construction

Berlin Wall Built

• Built August 13, 1961
• East German authorities begin-building a wall to permanently close of access to the West
• For the next 28 years the Berlin wall stood as a symbol of the Cold War "Iron - Curtain" dividing Europe.
• Height 11' 10"
• Communist German Authorities decided to build the wall when thousands attempted to leave the Democratic East Berlin

Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Destruction Date: November 9, 1989
• Destroyed by: Demolotion
• In a speech at the Brandenburg Gate commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin on 12 June 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenged Mikhail Gorbachev, then the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, to tear down the wall as a symbol of increasing freedom in the Eastern Bloc:

Graffiti on the Berlin Wall

• Most notable is the graffiti that has become one of the largest ongoing pieces of art in recent history.
• The Wall now carries messages of hope, symbols of freedom, and images that detail the German experience after World War II.
• Most notable is the graffiti that has become one of the largest ongoing pieces of art in recent history
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