A stark symbol of Cold War division, the Berlin Wall was a fortified barrier erected in 1961 to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin. It functioned as both a physical and ideological boundary, separating families and political systems. While it served the Soviet-controlled East German government, its ultimate beneficiaries were advocates of global freedom, as its fall in 1989 marked a pivotal victory for human rights.
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