Internet | Fun Fact™: the history of the berlin wall

Berlin Wall was built in 1961 with the aim of separating East Germany and West Germany.

The wall actually consists of two walls separated by an empty area known as the area of death.

Berlin Wall has a length of about 155 kilometers and a height of about 3.6 meters.

Before being built, more than 3 million East Germany had fled to West Germany.

Then, the wall stopped around 5,000 people in an attempt to escape them to West Germany.

There are a number of underground tunnels that were dug up by East Germans to escape to West Germany.

In 1989, the wall was officially destroyed after a great public pressure and political change in East Germany.

There are a number of parts of the walls that still exist and become a tourist attraction in Berlin.

There are more than 100 people killed in an effort to escape from East Germany to West Germany through the wall.

Berlin Wall is a symbol of the Cold War and the distribution of East and West Germany which lasted for decades.

10 Interesting Fact About The history of the Berlin Wall