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Where was the old border between East and West Germany?
The Berlin Wall
Tourism. The Berlin Wall was a specific piece of the Inner Border which became the physical embodiment of the Iron Curtain that stood between East Germany and West Germany.
What was the border between East and West Germany called?
inner German border
More than 100 people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall over the course of its 28-year history. But the Wall was just one part of the larger ‘inner German border’ that separated East and West Germany, and hundreds more were killed trying to cross other fortified border points.
Why was the border between East and West Germany closed?
The border remained relatively easy to cross until it was abruptly closed by the GDR in 1952 in response to the large-scale emigration of East Germans to the West. Barbed-wire fences and minefields were installed and draconian restrictions were placed on East German citizens living near the border.
When was the border opened between East and West Germany?
November 9, 1989
On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country’s borders.
Was there a wall between East and West Germany?
On November 9 the East German government opened the country’s borders with West Germany (including West Berlin), and openings were made in the Berlin Wall through which East Germans could travel freely to the West. The wall henceforth ceased to function as a political barrier between East and West Germany.
When were people allowed to leave East Germany?
The East German constitution of 1949 granted citizens a theoretical right to leave the country, though it was hardly respected in practice. Even this limited right was removed in the constitution of 1968 which confined citizens’ freedom of movement to the area within the state borders.
Was there a Wall around East Germany?
Berlin Wall, German Berliner Mauer, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989.