Берлин, Германија
After World War II, Berlin was divided into 4 occupation zones. The eastern zone, controlled by the USSR, became the capital of the German Democratic Republic. The absence of a border between the zones leads to a mass migration of citizens from East Berlin to the FRG, which incites discontent among the authorities and aggravates the relations between the USSR and the USA, and so in August 1961 the construction of the Berlin Wall began, for "protection against Western aggression". .
The construction and renovation of the Wall continued until 1975. It consisted of 45 thousand concrete blocks with dimensions of 3.6 x 1.5 m. Along the 155-kilometer length of the wall, 239 observation towers and 57 bunkers were erected. The soldiers were ordered to shoot him at any attempt to escape. The Berlin Wall became the most famous symbol of the Cold War. More than 200 citizens of the GDR died when they were insulted to cross the wall. It is not by chance that it is ironically called the "Wall of Shame". On the political changes in 1989. the wall is destroyed. Businesses from it in the city center have been preserved and turned into a kind of open-air museum.
