What reasons was was the Berlin Wall built?

Question

and what impact did it have on germany and its people

Answer 1

In order to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin. Before August 1961, there was the so-called S-bahn, an electric elevated train that took people around Berlin. I was in Poland at that time, watching TV with a homeowner. He pointed at the screen and said, "Amerikanische soldaten! Amerikanische soldaten!" (American soldiers! American soldiers!) And sure enough, there were a lot of GI's swarming around Berlin. This was because the East Germans had closed off Berlin. In later days, I had to drive out of Poland, through East Germany, and get through Berlin on my way to Copenhagen and my flight back to the U.S. I had to pass through the Berlin wall.

Answer 2

To understand why it was built, we have to look at some of the things surrounding the events that surrounded the building of the Berlin Wall. After WW II, we know that Germany was divided into 4 regions, to be controlled by Great Britain, France, the U.S., and the Soviet Union. When Britain. France, and the U.S. merged their territories, the Soviets got angry and blockaded their portion of Berlin- East Berlin - from West Berlin, but it didn't work because the Allies airlifted supplies to the people in West Berlin. The Soviets eventually had to lift the blockade. They were convinced that the Allies were trying to take over everything they had going in Germnay; theses Soviets wanted more reparations from Germany, but the actions of the Allies prevented that from happening. The Soviets then got really mad and paranoid and decided to build the Berlin Wall, again separating their territory in East Berlin from West Berlin; they thought that maybe if they cut off all connections with West Berliners that the West Berliners would have nothing left and give in to Soviet demands. The rest of East Germany accepted that, but the rest of West Germany were angry. Those people who lived in West or East Berlin who had family, friends, or relatives on the other side of the Berlin Wall couldn't see their loved ones for a long time. West Germany and the Allies became all the more determined to keep the Soviets and Communism from spreading. (We're not past that part in history class yet, so I don't know what happens next, but I do know that later on, the Soviets were forced to take down the Wall.)

Answer 3

When WWII ended Berlin split into West Berlin and East Berlin, the Soviets in East Berlin built the wall to keep people from West Berlin out