The audience is expected to have a basic knowledge of history and the key changes that the fall of the Berlin Wall has called. The following is a basic and exhaustive description of this event since the objective of this blog post is to ensure the audience has all the information that they need regarding this historical event.

What was the Cold War?

The Cold War was a post world war situation in which two super powers the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics used foreign policies, diplomacy, spies and sales of arms among other methods to try and dominate the world. It was from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s, and parted strictly on ideological line between the two superpowers.

The Division of Berlin

Am after World War II Germany was partitioned into four occupation zones; American, Russian, British, and French. Even Berlin, capital of Germany, was divided in to four sectors because though located deep in the Soviet zone of influence it was also an important city in the American zone too.

Over time, political and economic differences between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union became more apparent, leading to the division of Europe into two blocs: the countries that formed the group of the Western Bloc headed by the United States, and the group of the Eastern Bloc headed by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The construction of the Berlin Wall: From separation of two city into the great divide of two nation Berlin being the capital city of Germany is one renowned city […]

In 1961 as relations intensified between the two blocs the Soviet supported East Germany built the Berlin Wall. Because it kept the city of Berlin split apart and because it was physical barrier that separated capitalist West Berlin from the communism East Berlin.

The Berlin Wall was representing the gap between the western- democratic world, and the eastern- communism. It was meant for keeping people from fleeing from East Germany to West and functioned as a barrier for Ideas, people and goods to go from East to West.

Life Behind the Wall

The three divisions explain how social systems had felt the powerful shake of the symbolic Berlin Wall in people’s lives. On side the East Berlin, the communist authorities regulated all the information and people’s freedom; on the opposite side, West Berlin had all the right to vote and better living conditions.

Indeed, the wall had severely reduced the number of ways in which families and friends, who may be living on two distinct sides, could visit each other. People could not meet their close ones or go to important functions due to the construction of the wall.”

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

There aptly came the time in late 1980s when political transitions in Eastern Europe, societal push factors and deteriorating economics fueled protests calling for freedom and democracy.

For several weeks prior to November 9, the situation in the east German had been charged with tension, and on that day the government called a press conference to announce that citizens would be allowed to travel to the West. Many people of East Germany entered histograms and fixated their attention to the wall which was a symbol of suppression.

People pressure overwhelmed the border guards, and finally, they opened the gates for travelers, liberating interferences and make visitors free to move between East and Western sectors of Berlin for the first time after 1961. It was this moment that signalled the slow dying of the Berlin Wall and the cold war.

The Significance of the Fall

The latest event is associated with the termination of communism in Eastern Europe countries and the unification of Germany. It was a dramatic sweet victory of people’s power, liberty against tyranny and polarization.

The breaking down of the Wall knocked down barriers to German reunion hence the accession of the two individual states of East and West Germany on the 3 rd of October in the year 1990. It also contributed to the demising of the cold war since relations between America and the Soviet Union improved.

Conclusion

The event that is of extraordinary historical importance is the Fall of the Berlin Wall. According to the scenario of the Cold War, people can comprehend the impacts of global unrests and understand the strength of people’s desire for freedom and democracy. Many a person is aware of the fact that this fall knocked down the big physical barrier that had existed and which was the Berlin Wall; but they lack the knowledge that this very fall symbolizes the triumph of the spirit of man and the change for the better.