Started on 16th April 1961.
Had an area around it on either side known as "the Death Strip"
Between 1961 and 1989, the wall prevented almost all such emigration. During this period, around 5,000 people attempted to escape over the wall, with an estimated death toll of over 600
Fell in late 1989 after a series of tensions rose.
Little of the wall can now be seen, photos are of what remains. Murals have been made of some.
It is illegal now to take a brick of it away, instead you have to buy them.
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