When Was The Berlin Wall. Construction of the wall was commenced by the german democratic republic. Measuring 155 kilometres (96 miles) long and four metres (13 feet) tall, these walls were separated by a heavily guarded, mined corridor of land known as the 'death strip'.
The berlin wall became the symbol of the cold war and a tangible manifestation of the world's separation into two distinct ideological blocs. During this period at least 133 people were confirmed killed trying to cross the wall into west berlin, according to official figures. (twenty thousand people cross bösebrücke, fingers are crossed, just in case) was the focus of world attention on the night of 9 november when it became.
When the berlin wall opened on november 9, 1989, it paved the way for german unification a.
The border to west berlin had been closed. It separated east and west berlin and plugged the last 'gap' in the iron curtain which divided europe into two blocs. The first barrier was constructed overnight on 12 august 1961, after the leader of the east german communist party, walter ulbricht, ordered a barricade to stop east germans defecting. The berlin wall became the symbol of the cold war and a tangible manifestation of the world's separation into two distinct ideological blocs.