This source is a newspaper from London dating Saturday 11th of November 1989. This primary source demonstrates the views of the British towards the fall of the Ball Wall, what it symoblised and how it affected the political world. The significance of the Berlin Wall to people's lives. read more
The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the Cold War and separated East and West Berlin. The Cold War was the name given to the relationship between the USSR and USA after the end of WW2. The Berlin Wall came to show the different ideologies between the different systems of governments, how they worked and what the people thought about them. read more
When the wall fell it ended the Cold War. Communism was no more in Eastern Europe, namely in Germany. It was greatly significant to the Berlin people, particularly those in East Berlin, because when the wall went up, it cut off East Berliners' only chance of escape to a better life apart from Communistic rule. read more