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7 Facts about Berlin Wall Let me tell you facts about Berlin Wall below. In 1961, the communist government of East Berlin established the Berlin Wall. The main function of the wall was to separate the East and West Berlin. Therefore, the people who lived in East Berlin will never escape to the West Berlin. Many people think that the Berlin Wall was used as a symbol of Iron Curtain. It separated the communist countries from the democratic western countries. Here are other interesting facts about Berlin Wall. Facts about Berlin Wall 1: the post world war II After the World War II ended, the East Germany was under the control of Soviet Union. It applied the communist system in the country. Therefore, Germany was divided into two, East Germany controlled by Soviet Union and West Germany. The West Germany applied the democratic system. It was under the control of the Allies like United States, France and Britain. Facts about Berlin Wall 2: united country The original plan was to reunite both countries. But it seems that the plan is very difficult to achieve because of different political point of view. Therefore, the East and West Germany were not united in short time. The people had to wait for a long time after the Berlin Wall which separated the countries was demolished. Facts about Berlin Wall 3: Berlin The capital of German was Berlin. The location of this city was in the eastern half of Germany. The interesting fact was that this city was controlled by four countries. Those were France, Britain, US and Soviet Union. Get facts about Berlin here. Facts about Berlin Wall 4: defectors Defector was the term used to call the people who wanted to escape from East Germany. After the people lived under the control of Soviet Union in East Germany, they did not like it. Soviet Union applied the communism that not all people accepted it. Facts about Berlin Wall 5: losing the people Since the East German leaders and Soviet Union were afraid that they would lose many people, they began to build the big wall that we called Berlin Wall. There were around 2 million people leaving East Germany in 1949 till 1959. There were around 230,000 defectors in 1960. Find out facts about Berlin Airlift here. Facts about Berlin Wall 6: the barbed wire Before building the Berlin Wall, the barbed wire was installed to prevent the people from leaving East Germany. Then the officials built 12 feet high concrete blocks with the width at 4 feet to prevent them. Facts about Berlin Wall 7: President Ronald Reagan President Ronald Reagan urged the Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin wall in his speech in the city in 1987. On 9 November 1989, eventually people in East and West reunited after the wall was destroyed. Do you like reading facts about Berlin Wall?
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Listen to above Podcast - Fall of the Berlin wall. हुन त यो पोष्ट नोभेम्बर ९ कै दिन पोष्ट गर्नु पर्ने थियो होला तर पनि आज पोष्ट गर्दैछु । जर्मनी अनि त्यसमाथि बर्लिन को पर्खाल भनेर धेरै नै सुनिएको भएपनि म चाँहि प्राय: बर्लिन को पर्खाल ढालिएको प्रंसग सँग चाँहि अलि बेखबर नै रहेछु । साँच्चै यो बर्लिन को पर्खाल ढालिएको घटना त एउटा ऐतिहासिक घटना रहेछ । जर्मनी भन्नासाथ मलाई त हिटलर को मात्र याद आउँथ्यो तर त्यसबाहेक यो बर्लिन को पर्खाल पनि ऐतिहासिक रहेछ । हो आज, त्यही पर्खाल ढालिएको २० वर्ष बितिसकेछ, अनि बर्लिन पर्खाल ढालिएको तथा अधिनायकवादी कम्युनिस्ट शासन समाप्त भएको मा जर्मनी मा ठूलो खुशियाली मनाइँदैरहेछ । थाहा पाउनेलाई त खासै केही रोचक नलाग्ला तर धेरै थाहा नपाउने का लागि भने माथि को पोडकास्ट उपयोगी लाग्न सक्छ । माथि को अडियो डाउनलोड गर्नुहोस् । *शशि पौडेल को आवाज मा रहेको पोडकाष्ट बिबिसी नेपाली सेवा को नोभेम्बर को अंक बाट लिइएको हो । माथि का सबै फोटो इन्टनेट मा खोजखाज गरिएको हो । For Further Reading of Berlin's wall. NagarikNews : पर्खाल नढलेको भए ! BBC: The night the Berlin Wall fell BBC: Where is the Berlin Wall now? BBC: The world remembers the fall of the wall