The Fall Of The Berlin Wall Change The World

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How did the fall of the Berlin wall change the world?

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In 1961 the communist government built the Berlin Wall. The was divided Berlin into East Berlin and West Berlin. The reason behind building this wall was to prevent people from the West Berlin fleeing to the West Berlin. It was also symbolized as the “Iron Curtain” that divided the democratic western countries and the communist countries of Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War.
It all started after the Second World War, Germany ended up dividing into two separate countries. Like it has been mentioned before, East Germany became a communist country, which was controlled by the Soviet

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