Why Was The Berlin Wall Put Up. In the years between 1949 and 1961, about 2.5 million east germans had fled from east to west germany. Instead, the allies turned them into enemies and protagonists of the cold war.
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.
The east germans put up the berlin wall to keep their citizens from defecting to west berlin. Even berlin's interior senator, andreas geisel, seems to have grasped how dramatic the consequences of not cleaning up berlin's read more: Really puts some context on the propaganda we hear in america today, huh? Rapidly he turned over the crisp pages.