Is any of the Berlin Wall still standing?
Is any of the Berlin Wall still standing? A quarter century after the peaceful revolution that led to its fall, there's barely anything left of the Wall. The few original pieces of wall that remain standing are popular attractions.
Why was Germany split in two?
Having experienced great losses as a result of German invasions in the First and Second World Wars, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin preferred that a defeated Germany be dismembered and divided so that it could not rise to its former strength to threaten European peace and security again.
What is the death zone in the Berlin Wall?
In 1961, the SED began adding additional obstacles to the border, expanding the Wall into a complex multi-layered system of barriers. In the West, the border strip was referred to as the “death strip” because so many people were killed there while trying to escape.