While President-elect Donald Trump has talked at length about building a wall between the United States and Mexico, this week we celebrate the 27th anniversary of the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
Built in 1961, the wall divided East and West Berlin. Constructed by the eastern, Soviet-ruled portion of the city, the wall was meant to keep Western “fascists” from invading the East — but it also served as a barricade to those Easterners attempting to migrate to the West, capitalist territory.
The barbed-wire-topped wall divided families and took away basic human rights, keeping the population of East Berlin read more >>>
Source : BusinessInsider.Com