Berlin Wall Totalitarianism

Following after World War II, Berlin split in two and Tyranny was shown to prevail due to this. On the ninth of November after almost 30 years the wall was broken down put up by the Soviet Union. Tyranny from the Soviet Union led to the “overnight” building of the Division of Berlin. The Berlin wall was built to halt immigration but with research, it was proven that there's more than meets the eye. The wall didn't go up without a fight, at least once it was up. Protests along with conflicts rose up from the people of Berlin. Through the years Nicknames were given to the wall. It was a symbol to many proving the tyranny brought on by the Soviet Union The Berlin Wall, in the beginning, was small and to say the least, pathetic. In the early …show more content…
the name was given by West Berlin for “protection”. Fascism is “characterized by strong nationalism, an extreme level of authoritarianism, corporatism, militarization, and hostility towards both liberalism and Marxism.” the irony in this is that this is somewhat the opposite of what is actually going on. East Berlin was democratic while the east was showing to be leaning towards signs of tyranny. Therefore this term was meant to make the people from the west get into a certain mindset. This being that was they are is the best place to be and the Berlin wall was a guard to block out the fascist. Furthermore, the walls name was then a term to keep the people of West Berlin in, basically brainwashing on some levels into thinking they had it good. The wall was a symbol to many, to some protection and to others the prevalence of tyranny. Another name given to the Berlin Wall was “ The Wall of Shame.” this name was given by the people in East Berlin. It was in reference to the obvious restriction of freedom going on on the other side. The people of East Berlin saw it quite clearly to be shameful for not only those ruling over it but the people in it. As it is shown that it was controlling to those in …show more content…
Many Germans attempted to cross over to the other side for freedom. Up to 5,000 germans crossed successfully out of the many many that attempted. Through this time there were various ways the people came up with in order to cross, some went through the border opening that was found but that resulted in times to be highly unsuccessful. Some were shot down and some were caught. One woman tried to cross with her husband and baby but in order to cross silently without getting shot, she has to give the baby pills in order for it to sleep or keep quiet. They ended up getting across but sadly the baby died of the overdose. Many people faced tragedies in the family. A popular way of crossing was to swim across the