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Email. The Berlin Wall came down 25 years ago today. Built in the middle of the night Aug. 13, 1961, the wall divided East and West Germany for 28 years to stop East Germans from leaving the Soviet Union-occupied country for the capitalist western state. SLIDESHOW: 'Tear Down This Wall!'. Over the years, what began as a simple fence turned into a concrete wall that separated the capital and became a focal point of the Cold War. On Nov. 9, 1989, the East German government announced its citizens could move west.
Berlin Wall Facts. On August 13 th, 1961, the German Democratic Republic of East Germany began the construction of the Berlin Wall. The wall was built to completely cut-off West Berlin to East Berlin and East Germany. East Germany was backed by the Soviets at the time, while the U.S. backed West Germany.he Berlin Wall is also referred to as the Iron Curtain. The Berlin Wall was built to stop East Germans from defecting to the West. West Germans were able to visit East Germany by way of permit.