Why Was The Berlin Wall Built? | History Documentary | Reel Truth History
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- čas přidán 21. 10. 2019
- It'll soon be the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, but why did the iron curtain go up in the first place?
Find out about the tensions between the East and the West and the fall out of the second world war here.
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Erected in the dead of night on August 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall (known as Berliner Mauer in German) was a physical division between West Berlin and East Germany. Its purpose was to keep disaffected East Germans from fleeing to the West.
When the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, its destruction was nearly as instantaneous as its creation. For 28 years, the Berlin Wall had been a symbol of the Cold War and the Iron Curtain between Soviet-led Communism and the democracies of the West. When it fell, the event was celebrated around the world.
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Respect for those who had this difficult time.
My uncle was stationed in Germany when the wall came down, he took my cousin to see it who was like 5-6 at the time. He turned away for a second and found my cousin weeing against the wall. We always laugh to this day that some photographer probably has a picture of a child relieving themselves against it and think's it's some grand politic statement about the collapse of Communism when instead it's a kid who couldn't hold it any longer lol
That’s funny 😂
I really appreciate the simplicity of the narration and graphics. Best video on this topic!
8:40
Tank: (Crashes through wall)
Wall: Am I a joke to you?
Looking forward to part 2
I was so fortunate to have entered East Berlin in March 1989. BC I was American, I could only stay for 24 hours.
Best video I have seen so far about the Wall. Thank you. ;))
Thank you
I'm really start to thinking that AoT got the inspiration from here. I remember in one of the intermezzol between episode section, it mentioned that one of the wall citizen try to escape by digging hole or hot air balloon.
wow thats weird
Some odd parallels..
I wonder why it wasn't the other way around... I mean, why nobody wanted to go from West to the East?
They explained how both sides were different and what they offered.
@@timeless8920 yeah, I was being sarcastic. About how nobody wanted to go from the capitalist side to the communist side...
Still noticing in 2024!
Has anyone read The Triumph of Evil by Austin Murphy? It claims that east Berlin was actually much better in most aspects economically and socially. Has it been debunked or is there some validity to it?
If East Berlin were really better there would be no need to put a wall up in the first place
The Israel Apartheid Wall surrounding Gaza makes the Berlin Wall look cute.. queue the "Israel is protecting itself from terrorists"
The victors sure love building wars
This is like Bernie Sanders' dream.
Just out of curiosity who watched this video because maur der totem is coming out tomorrow
to much adds, cnt sit through this.
Narration is too slow. While the topic is very interesting, the voice-over sounds tedious and boring. Seems intentionally dragged on to make the 10-minute mark. Instead of speaking so slowly, why not just add a bit more content?
Set it on 1.5 speed 😉
Already knew ALL this stuff. Was expecting real-life tales of folks who actually had to live in Berlin, in the shadow of the Wall: Human interest stories, not mere political-tech!
Title: WHY was the Berlin wall built?
soviets were no better than nazis, russians now as well
dont look up who was democratically elected chairman of nato from 1961 to 64.
East Berlin wasn't that bad. People were happy to build socialism.
XD
Antifa be like
If that were true the Berlin all would still be standing
You don't have to build a wall to keep happy people from escaping, and shoot them when they try, comrade.
Says “Marxism applied today”
This looks like Trump's America!!!
Riiiiiiight... Because the border wall in the US is there to keep in all those poor, suffering, oppressed Americans who want to flee to Mexico for a new future... Here's wishing you success in your own escape! Hope you make it and don't have to go back to the US!
The wall should've stayed to this day with eastern germany under Russian control.
It it’s not
Up to you if the Germans won’t to be free then they be free if they won’t to be communist they be communist if they won’t to be fascist they be fascist