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[[Image:Berlin Wall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Wall viewed from the West, showing the so-called "death strip" on the Eastern side. Anybody setting foot here could be shot on site by the Bordfer Guards, a patrol of whom can be seen just over the Wall.]]

[[Image:Berlin Wall patrol.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Wall viewed from the West, showing the so-called "death strip" on the Eastern side. Anybody setting foot here could be shot on site by the Bordfer Guards, a patrol of whom can be seen just over the Wall.]]

The '''Berlin Wall''' was a wall in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] that separated [[Communist]] East Berlin from [[democracy|democratic]] West Berlin. It was one of the most visible symbols of the [[Iron Curtain]]. The wall was built in 1961 by the government of the [[German Democratic Republic]] (East Germany) in order to stop the tide of emigration to West Berlin.  

The '''Berlin Wall''' was a wall in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] that separated [[Communist]] East Berlin from [[democracy|democratic]] West Berlin. It was one of the most visible symbols of the [[Iron Curtain]]. The wall was built in 1961 by the government of the [[German Democratic Republic]] (East Germany) in order to stop the tide of emigration to West Berlin.