Story Behind The Defunct Berlin Wall

On August 13, 1961, a memorable date to remember, East and West Germany started to be separated by an infamous barrier known in the history as the Berlin Wall. 

The rampart was erected by German Democratic Republic of East Germany. Generally, the wall served as a deterrent from possible emigration of the people therein to the neighboring Federal Republic of Germany or West Germany amidst looming tension against communism after World War II.

Aside from Berlin Wall, an "Inner German Border"--longest and fortified bulwark ever built then--was constructed earlier (1 July 1945) by Western Bloc to materialize Winston Churchill's demonstration of "Iron Curtain" that separated countries in the Communist Bloc such as East Germany and Soviet from the world during Cold War. Unperturbed about the ostracism of the Western Bloc or Capitalist Bloc, the incorrigible Red Army (Russian National Military Forces) still continued to grow their sphere of influence and invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Berlin Wall was known to East Germany as Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart while the West dubbed it as the Wall Of Shame.

However, in 1989, after 28 years of cold relationship between the said countries, the wall was torn down to pave the way for peaceful reconciliatory effort and unity after East Germany's regime started to weaken.The total destruction of the wall and reconciliation were formally started a year after.