1. East Germany started constructing a wall on August 13th, 1961.2.
After the defeat of Germany in World War II, Germany was divided into 4 zones and it was controlled by 4 Allied powers.3. West Germany was controlled by France, Great Britain, and America.4. The Soviet Union controlled East Germany.5.
The capital of Germany, Berlin was also divided into East and West Berlin.6. The main reason behind the construction of Berlin wall was to stop East Germans moving to West German7. After construction of Berlin wall, even the subways were divided.8. Before construction of the wall, the West Germans were allowed to visit East with a permit in advance.9. In 1961, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev approved the construction of the wall.
10. The east side of the wall was not covered in graffiti but West side was.11. Despite the construction of the wall, there were several checkpoints that allowed people to visit another side.
12. The Berlin Wall was 155 kilometers long.13. The wall was about 11 to 13 feet high. 14. The wall divided the Berlin for 28 years and a day.15. At first, the wall was just a barbed wire fence.
Then it turned into a concrete wall.16. The Berlin Wall was thought as the cruelty of Soviets, they had control over the people of East Berlin and their willingness to shoot at people they thought were traitors.
17. The wall was known as ‘Iron Curtain’.18. The wall literally divided Europe into democracy and communism.19. Charlie Checkpoint was the most famous crossing point and is still famous for the museum.
20. After the construction of the wall, about 5,000 people tried to escape.21. It is estimated that 138 people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall.22.
Before the construction of the wall, 3.5 million East Germans fled to West Germany.23. Many segments of the wall are given in different institutions around the world.24. East Germany adopted the currency of West Germany On July 1st, 1990.25. The construction was started overnight.
In the morning when people woke up there was wire fence dividing the Berlin. 26. In 1979, a Swedish woman married to the Berlin Wall.27. For two years, starting in 2010, a memorial complex “Berlin Wall” was built.
28. About 28 million euros were invested in the creation of the memorial. 29. In 1963, West Germany tried to destroy the wall with a tank but failed.30. Athlete Usain Bolt, who set his fantastic world record in Germany, received as a gift a piece of the Berlin Wall weighing.
31. There were 20 bunkers and 302 observatory towers on Berlin Wall.32. The pieces of Berlin Wall were sold on eBay.33. If West Berliners want to get rid of anything they used to throw it on the other side of the wall.
34. In 1989 the border of Hungary was opened which made the route of escape to Austria for East Germans. 35. The last person who died in process of crossing the wall was escaping in the hot air balloon. 36. November 9th, 1989, was the date known for the demolition of Berlin wall.37.
The Berlin Wall actually had two walls. There is an area of 160 yards between two walls and there were watchtowers, guard dog runs, tripwire machine gums and many more.38. The Soviets added thousands of machine gun inside the Wall to control the people of East from escaping.39. The demolition of wall started when East German Politburo member Guenther Schabowski, mistakenly announces that we will demolish the wall immediately.
40. David Bowie performed on the West Berlin wall and all the east side people were listening him through wall. He addressed them from the stage: “We convey our best wishes to all our friends on the other side of the Wall!41. At the fall of the wall, travel restrictions were immediately lifted, sparking an instant mass migration of thousands of people.
42. In the year 1989, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher requested Soviet President to stop the demolition of Berlin wall. 43. One notable escape was in 1963 by Horst Klein, an East German acrobat who used a high-tension cable to tightrope over the wall, well above the heads of the patrolling guards.44. Actual demolition started on June 13th, 1990 and from 9th November 1989 and June 13th, 1990 the wall was guarded.
45. An East German soldier drove the tank to escape the wall in 1963.46. In the first two years of the wall’s existence, more than 1,300 desperate guards escaped their oppressed lives and duties by fleeing to the west.47. 98 people were shot or killed when they were trying to escape through wall.
48. The demolition of the wall also ended Cold War.49. East and West Germany were reunited On October 3, 1990.50. Present time, two rows of cobblestones are set along the Berlin wall in the Berlin.
