Berlin+Wall+constructed+(1961)+group3

=The Construction of the Berlin Wall=

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On August 13, 1961 the Soviet Union and Germany started building a wall. This wall was two stories high and was a barriers between East and West Germany. It went through the center of the city Berlin. "It became a symbol of Western political failure..." (Yenne, 92). President Kennedy was so preoccupied with the cold war that he had no idea the wall was going to be built. ======

Central Point
Before the wall was built many people had the chance to cross back and forth from East Germany to West Germany. These people could see the living conditions on both sides. After a few years people realized that the West had better living conditions and by 1961 East Germany's economy was failing. The East was controlled by a Communist party. The government did not want any more people crossing back and forth from East to West so they built the wall.

Conclusion
At first just wooden posts and barbed wire were put up as boundary. The next few days consisted of a stone wall being built. The German army patrolled the wall at all times. The wall was 43.1 kilometers long.