After Germany split into West and East Germany in 1949, 2.6 million East Germans left to go to West Germany. In Berlin alone, 1.6 million people fled to the west.
To stop this, on August 13, 1961, the Communist government of East Germany built a wall separating East and West Berlin.
The wall was built to keep the country's people in. But the Soviets and East German government said it was to keep capitalism out. They said that West Germany refused to recognize East Germany as an independent country because they wanted to take over North-East Germany just like Hitler took over Poland.
People still tried to escape even though the Berlin Wall was there.
First version of the berlin wall
barbwires can be turned off/on
- fence elements seamlessly join together
- includes 3 corner elements so that you can build your custom wall to any direction
- includes 5 high-quality custom made textures.
What materials were used
It was not really a wall, but a collection of walls and fences and other devices.
Concretewall or wire fence, 2–3 meters high
Signalling system in the floor, which would cause an alarm to be sounded when touched
Contact wire fence with barbed wire fence. Taller than a man.
(Not in all places) Kennels for dogs. With German Shepherd Dogs or other trained dogs.
(Not in all places) Equipment and trenches to stop vehicles and tanks. These systems would be removed (if the West paid for the removal). Most were replaced later.
Streets to get replacements and reinforcements in.
Watchtowers (in 1989 there were 302 of them). Including searchlights
death strip. This was an area in which all of the buildings were torn down, with nowhere to hide. Sometimes there were strips of sand where footprints could be detected.
Metallic fence, then the border itself:
Concrete wall, 3.75 metres in height. Very hard to climb.
How much did it cost
The East German government erected the Berlin Wall in 1961. It was meant to keep the East Germans inside the country and everyone else out. The cost to build the wall in today's money would be around 3million American dollars.
How many people did it take to build the wall?
It took about 46,000 people.
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