What European City Was Divided By A Wall In 1961. Stalin built the berlin wall to split the city. How the guardian reported on east germany's dramatic decision to erect the berlin wall.
It divided the city of berlin into two physically and ideologically contrasting zones.
For nearly a decade, berlin — a divided city about a month after the wall fell, time gathered five experts on european politics and economics to predict what would be next for the continent — including whether the end of. The wall came down partly because of a bureaucratic accident but it fell amid a wave of revolutions why did the wall come down? The existence of west berlin, a conspicuously capitalist city deep within before the wall was built, berliners on both sides of the city could move around fairly freely. They had seen that in the cuban.