The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall Documentary
After WW2, Germany was divided up from East to West by the allied forces and the Soviet Union. Additionally, in the Soviet-run East, the capital Berlin was also diced in half, with the Soviet regime again controlling the Eastern portion of the city.
As time went on, hundreds of thousands of Germans would flee to West Germany or Western Berlin to escape Communism. As the Soviets began to experience a serious "brain drain", and fearing economic collapse, they began constructing a wall to prevent valuable Germans like doctors and engineers from escaping to the West.
This film documents the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, and the increased security and growing technology employed for the wall. Hear about the countless people who used ingenious methods to succesfully cross the wall, and the thousand-plus unforunate individuals who died in the attempt.
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