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Was the Berlin Wall a bad thing?
The construction of the Berlin Wall did stop the flood of refugees from East to West, and it did defuse the crisis over Berlin. (Though he was not happy about it, President John F. Kennedy conceded that “a wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.”) Almost two years after the Berlin Wall was erected, John F.
What were the effects of the Berlin Wall falling?
The Berlin Wall dismantling saw anti-communism, and communism intolerance, spread quickly around Eastern Europe with free elections and economic reforms following suit.
What did the Berlin Wall symbolize when it fell?
Though East and West Germany were formally reunified on October 3, 1990, the fall of the Berlin Wall served as a symbol of the country’s unification—and, for many, the end of communism in Eastern Europe and the Cold War.
What might have happened if the Berlin Wall didn’t come down?
It would have reestablished a Stalinist regime to keep everybody quiet. The selling of political prisoners to the West was also an enormously profitable trade for the East, so that would probably have continued.
Why was the fall of the Berlin Wall so significant?
The fall of the Berlin Wall was covered extensively around the world. Western leaders hailed it as a victory by the German people, who had chosen freedom over division. The wall was quickly dismantled, paving the way for German reunification.
What side of the Berlin Wall was bad?
The Berlin Wall made the Soviets and East Germans look bad – people already had a bad opinion of communism but the Berlin Wall portrayed them as tyrannical. West Germans would often throw garbage over the wall into East Germany – knowing that the East Germans and Soviets could do nothing about it.
Who guarded the Berlin Wall?
The Grenztruppen
The Grenztruppen were the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the Inner German border, the GDR’s international borders between West Berlin and West Germany respectively.