Cold War was a time of improved structures of conflict and animosity between America and USSR. The division of people or the Bi-polar world was very much in practice and one of the most physical barriers that symbolized this division was the Berlin Wall. It was a wall construct in 1961 which was in Berlin splitting the East German government which was communist to the western liberal side.

Behind the building of the Berlin Wall

The construction of the Berlin wall started on the 13 of August, 1961. East German’s Soviet backed government argued that it was constructed as to safe guard its own people from the so called evils of the western capitalist world. Yet it was mainly built to arrest the flow of East Berliners into the western sector where they could freely exercise their political, economic and social rights.

First, the wall was of barbed wire and manned by armed guards and policemen. After a number of years, it was cemented, and finally transformed into a large complex complete with watchtowers and wide ‘ دریافت یک samples==”[ “While at its inception, it was enclosed by simple barbed-wire fences and electric wire, it was later reinforced and finally fully concreted with watchtowers and broad ‘safety’ pathways which were designed to prevent escape”.

The Lustre of the Berlin Wall

The most recognizable barrier during the Cold War was a symbol of the division of German and Europe into East and West. It symbolized the political and the structurally divided that is communism and democracy.

That is the effects on German peoples.

The wall also in a significant way affected the German nationality not only to the families stranded at both sides of the wall but also to the ordinary citizen. People lost their families to cross the border, and many lived in the fear of being imprisoned anytime they tried to cross.

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall lasted for almost 28 years and then people just woke up one morning to find how it had disappeared on November 9, 1989. The berliner Mauer means the end of the cold war and reunification of two German states.

Causes of the Fall

Several factors contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall:

Mikhail Gorbachev’s Reforms

Mikhail Gorbachev was the leader of the Soviet Union; he initiated perestroika which meant restructuring and glasnost which meaning openness in the USSR. These brought about changes of press freedom or freedom of speech in regard to political change.

Peaceful Protests

At the same time during the same exact year, citizens in Eastern Europe were demanding more politically freedom. People in East Germany were getting bolder with their protests and demanded to be allowed travel and movement in December of 1989.

International Pressure

The America and other western nations demanded that the Soviet Union and their satelited and East Germany in particular should bring down the wall. The foreign world perceived the wall as a call to cruel treatment and a violation of people’s rights.

Germany during the Second World War and After

In fact, on the night ofNovember 9, 1989, an announcem ent was made that would allow free travel between East and West Germany. Tens of thousands of people came to the wall in the first weeks; border guards were powerless before such a crowd and agreed to fulfill the people’s wishes.

Joyous elation marks the occasion as people hiked up the wall, end finally embraced their families on the other side. The breakdown of the Berlin Wall can be seen as the start of the end of the Cold War and led to the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990.

The Legacy of the Berlin Wall

When the walls came down, literally, in the form of the Berlin Wall it was a major event befitting the end of an age. It showed that people have strength, when united and their goal is the liberation from oppression.

Memorials and Museums

Now some portions of it exist only in form of memorials Around the Berlin Wall, and to serve as a reference of the occurrences of the past. The historical remains include; The Berlin Wall Memorial and scratches of the East Side Gallery, and Checkpoint Charlie Museum that offers a history and experiences of people who crossed the wall.

Unification Challenges

West Germans had larger incomes and better standard of living than that of their counterparts in the East after the reunification of Germany. Nevertheless, actions have been taken to ensure these two regions narrow these gaps and form a more co – unified and affluent country.

Conclusion

The division of Germany by the Berlin Wall was a potent emblem of the Cold War which was a while ideological and physically. Those who held the construction and the subsequent fall as being important understood the enduring effects the event had on German people and people of the world. It was the fall of the wall that began the process to unite again Germany and also to end the Cold War.