The Berlin Wall was more than just a barrier, and a physical division of East and West Berlin. It was a symbolic boundary between communism and capitalism (Germany and Soviet Union). What you are about to read was a drastic event that eventually lead to a turning point in history. It mostly divided as well as it isolated Germany and the world between the communist and the capitalist blocs and caused major damages to society. Before the wall existed, the citizens who lived in Berlin could freely cross the border, from one side to another. Most of them had jobs and crossed the border in a daily basis for a higher exchange rate. The wall split the city, the people, and even the world, tearing apart families and friends for years. It soon became
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Reaction: The isolation of the Western World. East Germans attempted to leave into West Berlin. The wall intensified the cold war attention and the conflict to the communist world.
Reform: This was the movement that led to the fall of the wall and to the collapse of Soviet Union. The fall also lead to the unity of the German city. There were clear and different beliefs that people believed …show more content…
The Communists had stopped being such an influential party in Germany after it got reunified. East Germans could look forward to a better life. “As the Wall came down, the Soviet power structure with its closed borders, economic oppressions and mind control started to fall”. Some things, often taken for granted on the West, where luxuries and lust in the Soviet Union. Individuals could now be self-employed, travel and enjoy a better life of their own. However the good life was not going to be actual. Most employment in the East was through state owned organisations and when they were to change from governmental ownership or control to private enterprise jobs. Unemployment increased and the West Germans were growing harsh about having their taxes increased to develop the Eastern German economy. Both Germany sides inherited a common Nazi legacy but, while West German society became open and tolerant over the upcoming years, in East Germany the effects of Nazi dictatorship were associated by 40 years of authoritarian Communist rule. The German Democratic Republic put the Berlin Wall up to prevent the East Berliners from escaping the Soviet controlled area of the East. During the period that the wall was built, the government prevented people from passing to either side of the wall. East Germany protected the wall with floodlights, vicious dogs, machine guns and patrolling soldiers set up by the government of German
Reaction: The isolation of the Western World. East Germans attempted to leave into West Berlin. The wall intensified the cold war attention and the conflict to the communist world.
Reform: This was the movement that led to the fall of the wall and to the collapse of Soviet Union. The fall also lead to the unity of the German city. There were clear and different beliefs that people believed …show more content…
The Communists had stopped being such an influential party in Germany after it got reunified. East Germans could look forward to a better life. “As the Wall came down, the Soviet power structure with its closed borders, economic oppressions and mind control started to fall”. Some things, often taken for granted on the West, where luxuries and lust in the Soviet Union. Individuals could now be self-employed, travel and enjoy a better life of their own. However the good life was not going to be actual. Most employment in the East was through state owned organisations and when they were to change from governmental ownership or control to private enterprise jobs. Unemployment increased and the West Germans were growing harsh about having their taxes increased to develop the Eastern German economy. Both Germany sides inherited a common Nazi legacy but, while West German society became open and tolerant over the upcoming years, in East Germany the effects of Nazi dictatorship were associated by 40 years of authoritarian Communist rule. The German Democratic Republic put the Berlin Wall up to prevent the East Berliners from escaping the Soviet controlled area of the East. During the period that the wall was built, the government prevented people from passing to either side of the wall. East Germany protected the wall with floodlights, vicious dogs, machine guns and patrolling soldiers set up by the government of German