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Why the <strong>Berlin</strong> <strong>Wall</strong>?<br />
→ Today, everyone here, we<br />
have ever wondered why the<br />
<strong>Berlin</strong> <strong>Wall</strong> was actually built.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are many hypotheses<br />
and many people give different<br />
reasons, but in truth we do not<br />
know their true history.<br />
→ Good news, our newspaper<br />
has investigated to reach the<br />
following conclusions about<br />
the construction of the <strong>Berlin</strong><br />
<strong>Wall</strong>:<br />
→ First, World War II was<br />
over and <strong>Berlin</strong> was divided<br />
into four sectors of occupation;<br />
Soviet, American, French and<br />
English. Due to the bad relations<br />
between the communists<br />
and the allies, two coins, two<br />
political ideals and two Germanies<br />
appeared.<br />
→ <strong>The</strong>n, in 1949, the three<br />
western sectors (American,<br />
French and British) were called<br />
the German Federal Republic<br />
(RFA) and the Eastern<br />
sector (Soviet) became the<br />
German Democratic Republic<br />
(GDR). <strong>Berlin</strong> was divided and<br />
81 points of passage between<br />
the two areas of the city were<br />
created. Later, almost three<br />
million people left East Germany<br />
behind to enter capitalism.<br />
→ <strong>The</strong> GDR began to realize<br />
the loss of its population and,<br />
on the night of 12 August<br />
1961, decided to stand a temporary<br />
wall and close 69<br />
control points, leaving only 12<br />
open.<br />
→ <strong>The</strong> next morning a 155-<br />
kilometer provisional fence<br />
had been placed between the<br />
two parts of <strong>Berlin</strong>. <strong>The</strong> means<br />
of transportation were interrupted<br />
and no one could cross<br />
from one part to another.<br />
During the following days, the<br />
construction of a brick wall<br />
began and people whose houses<br />
were on the construction<br />
line were evicted.<br />
→ Over the years, there were<br />
many attempts to escape, some<br />
successfully, that’s why the<br />
wall was expanded to<br />
unsuspected limits to increase<br />
its security.<br />
→ <strong>The</strong> <strong>Berlin</strong> <strong>Wall</strong> eventually<br />
became a concrete wall<br />
between 3.5 and 4 meters high,<br />
with an interior made up of<br />
steel cables to increase its<br />
strength. At the top they placed<br />
a hemispherical surface so no<br />
one could get hold of it.<br />
→ Accompanying the wall, the<br />
so-called "death belt" was<br />
created, consisting of a moat, a<br />
fence, a road that constantly<br />
circulated military vehicles,<br />
alarm systems, automatic<br />
weapons, surveillance towers<br />
and patrols accompanied by<br />
dogs 24 hours of the day.<br />
Trying to escape was very<br />
dangerous and risky. Even so,<br />
many tried.<br />
→ As we all know, there are<br />
people in favor of the wall and<br />
others who completely disagree,<br />
you can communicate<br />
with the newspaper to share<br />
your opinion.
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