This was only the beginning of what expanded to become a vast wall. Once the barbed wire was down, they began closing down checkpoints between East and West Berlin. The barbed wire was soon replaced by a fifteen foot concrete wall that was under constant surveillance of guards located in watch towers. “East Germans who were able to escape over this wall were met with more surprises on the other side of the wall such as floodlights, dogs, trip-wire machine guns, and soldiers who were ordered to shoot on sight” (“Berlin”). Almost two hundred people were killed while attempting this dangerous escape to freedom (Dearden). The people of Berlin were now sealed in by the wall, but they had no
This was only the beginning of what expanded to become a vast wall. Once the barbed wire was down, they began closing down checkpoints between East and West Berlin. The barbed wire was soon replaced by a fifteen foot concrete wall that was under constant surveillance of guards located in watch towers. “East Germans who were able to escape over this wall were met with more surprises on the other side of the wall such as floodlights, dogs, trip-wire machine guns, and soldiers who were ordered to shoot on sight” (“Berlin”). Almost two hundred people were killed while attempting this dangerous escape to freedom (Dearden). The people of Berlin were now sealed in by the wall, but they had no