The building of the Berlin Wall: The lie that led to terror and death | History Stories

[@adrianahalmi3337]

Ohhh it breaks your heart seeing families divided, very sad situation for both sides of Berliners… 😢

[@RealDavidN]

I wonder how long it took the soldiers and workers to realize the Wall was built to keep them in. One thing I noticed visiting there in the 80s, it still seemed to be in black and white.

[@runnerawe]

impressive pictures

[@TheRichardSpearman]

Omitted entirely is the fact that the division of Berlin and Germany was at the behest of the allies; the same happened to Vienna and Austria, except that the division there ended in 1955. Also Germany was joined by Vietnam and Korea as divided after 1945. What do these 3 countries have in common?

[@miked451]

@@TheRichardSpearman the division was, the wall was not.

[@TheRichardSpearman]

@@miked451 I do not think that the border between the two parts of Vietnam or Korea was one of controlled and free movement of goods and people. These were/are heavily fortified. Nicosia/Lefkosa, capital of Cyprus, has been divided for 50 years... strangely omitted from the media on this anniversary. .

[@OffendingTheOffendable]

Definitely a Soviet made wall. Looks like they used scraps

[@СергейСавин-ъ2ш]

East-german military men of the 1960s very much resemble their farthers, uncles, and elder brothers from cinema documentary made in Paris or Prague twenty years earlier.