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Where was the Berlin Wall built?

Was the Berlin wall built between the west and east Berlin, or did it completely encompass western Berlin?

In other words, was the wall just a line between west and east, or did it surround the whole of it?

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  • 8 years ago
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    Hera is a link to show a map of Berlin in the early 1960s.

    http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/maps/berlinwal...

  • 8 years ago

    The Berlin Wall only blocked movement between West Berlin and East Berlin. It did not completely encircle West Berlin. On the other hand, as the Communist Bloc had demonstrated in the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49, West Berlin was an enclave, completely surrounded by East Germany. For many purposes, the Berlin Wall and the boundaries of West Berlin were informal and open on a one-way basis. People could go into East Germany. They could not return except under extraordinary circumstances. So no matter where a West Berliner wanted to go into East Germany, he could do that. Returning from East Germany, no matter where the border crossing, could be much more difficult.

    So, teh actual Berlin Wall only divided the city of Berlin. The heavily patrolled borders of East Germany all around West Berlin kept the city profoundly isolated.

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    4 years ago

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  • 8 years ago

    Across the Tiergarten just in front of the Brandenburg Gate.

    The Wall divided the eastern part of the city from the Western part.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    It was built in New Zealane, then shipped to Berlin after it was completed (they used Legos)

  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    berlin

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