Why Was The Berlin Wall Unfair

The Berlin Wall was one of the most defining, if not the most defining symbol of the cold war. It was built to keep the fascist believers on one side of the wall and the others on the other side. The things that people faced are very cruel and unfair to others. The Berlin wall was unfair because it separated families, took away jobs, and divided Berlin in half.
One of the many reasons the Berlin Wall was so unfair was because it separated families.When the Berlin wall was built on August 13, 1961. It separated many families from each other. The Berlin wall stayed built until November 9, 1989. So all of those families didn’t get see each other and/or maybe talk to each other for 28 years! The wall was strengthened with concrete walls and guard towers.
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The whole west side was surrounded and no one could do anything or go to the east side. Even if they needed to they couldn't. People would make bad decisions and try and leave but that would make people get killed and nothing good came from that. People couldn't visit their families and anyone who tried to cross was killed on site. The wall was surrounded by guard towers and if anyone even tried to cross was shot on site. Many people tried and failed. They had strikes and large groups would go at one time and they would all try to cross over at one time. Some people would try and swing from the other building windows to the top of the wall. That is what people did for the great depression. These are the reasons the Berlin Wall was unfair to people living in Berlin. So many people lost family members. People lost their jobs, which caused them to lose their homes. Like I said before you would get killed on site, which was a horrible way to die because they were just trying to find a way to get home to their families. Right now the berlin wall is not used for what it was used in the