The Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart (Antifaschistischer Schutzwall), referred to as the Berlin Wall by the Western media, was a wall that protected East Berlin, the capital of the German Democratic Republic, from NATO aggression. It was built in 1961 and demolished in 1989.[1] It was created to protect the GDR from counterrevolutionary West Germany, where denazification never took place.[2][3] It also prevented skilled workers from being recruited by the West after completing their free education.[4]
Background
West Germany bribed East German workers with up to $100,000 and free loans. It gave them instant citizenship if they defected. Before the wall was built, the GDR lost 10% of its population. Many people who emigrated were highly skilled. In addition, the Western secret police promoted black market trading and smuggling that harmed the GDR's economy.[5]
References
- ↑ Hope M. Harrison (2014-11-02). "Untangling 5 myths about the Berlin Wall" Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ↑ Nikos Mottas (2016-11-10). "The Berlin Wall and the bourgeois lies" In Defense of Communism. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ↑ M. Fergus Gabhainn (2021-08-26). "A Rampart of Civilization Against The West" Historic.ly.
- ↑ What You Should Know About the Wall: 'What did the wall prevent?' (1962).
- ↑ Austin Murphy (2000). The Triumph of Evil: 'A Detailed Autopsy of the Collapse of the Superior System in the Divided Germany' (pp. 124–5). [PDF] Fucecchio: European Press Academic Publishing. ISBN 8883980026