What Was The Berlin Wall And What Was Its Purpose. When the berlin wall fell on november 9, 1989, its destruction was nearly as instantaneous as its creation. The berlin wall was not one wall, but two.
Berliner mauer) was a barrier constructed by the german democratic republic (gdr, east germany) starting on 13 august 1961, that completely cut off (by land) west berlin from surrounding east germany and from east berlin.
Media captionthe bbc reports from the scene as the berlin wall goes up. When the berlin wall fell on november 9, 1989, its destruction was nearly as instantaneous as its creation. The berlin wall goes up. Honecker's predecessor, walter ubricht, had ordered its construction two years later, on the night of november 9th, 1989, months of protests culminated in the peaceful collapse of the wall and the opening of the.