The Origin and downfall of Berlin Wall or Iron Curtain
BERLIN WALL OR IRON CURTAIN
This was a wall that demarcated Western and Eastern Germany during the cold war. It can also be used loosely as a “barrier”. The wall was erected in 1961 by Eastern Germany (which was socialist region) to prevent migration of people from the region to Western Germany (which was a capitalist region). Eastern Germany detested any form of relationship with the western Germany which they (Eastern Germany) described as anti-communism. They argued that Western capitalists principles negate the original concept of humanism which was based on the philosophy of from each according to his abilities and to each according to his needs. Perhaps, it should be noted that Berlin wall fell in 1989 following the high rate of poverty in the Eastern Germany that led to the large influx or migration from the region to the western Germany. The fall of the wall paved a way for the unification of Eastern and Western Germany in 199...