It had stood since August of 1961 when residents of Berlin woke up one morning to find a dividing line built a barbed wire and cinder blocks.

It was eventually fortified with concrete armed guards electric fences, and it would take almost three decades for the winds of change to bring it down.

Theo Iconic moment the Berlin Wall came down is an image the world will not soon forget, you know, Yeah.

For 28 years, the wall had been dividing a city and a nation becoming a symbol of East West divisions during the Cold War.

So what led to this 12 ft high, 27 mile long wall being built?

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After Germany's defeat in World War Two, the country was divided into four zones of occupation, and Berlin was also divided into East and West territory.

The United States, France and Britain took West Germany in the western sectors of Berlin in the Soviet zone, became East Germany and East Berlin.

West Germany became a democracy, while East Germany was a communist country aligned with the Soviet Union between 1949 and 1961.

Almost three million East Germans escaped to the West to prevent more people from fleeing the Soviet rule.

The East German Communist Party closed the border in Berlin and built a wall.

So in the 19 sixties, the wall was built for the opposite reason.

Most are instead of trying to keep people out.

This wall was built to keep people in.

At least 140 people were killed at the Berlin Wall trying to escape East Germany.

High profile people spoke out like US President John F.

Kennedy, who delivered his famous speech in West Berlin.

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The wall became a symbol of democracy versus communism.

People came from all over the world to protest that division.

Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.

1989 large demonstrations began in various East German cities.

People want to change.

This wall will fall, for it, cannot withstand faith.

It cannot withstand truth.

The wall cannot withstand freedom.

In October of 1989 the Communist Party chief perish.

Monica was ousted and replaced by Egon Krenz.

Although reforms were announced, including travel rights, it was too late.

On November 9th, 1989 the East German government mistakenly announced that travel restrictions for East Germans had been lifted effective immediately.

Thousands appeared at border crossings and east Berlin, demanding to be let through even without orders.

The border guards eventually opened the gates.

In the following months, tens of thousands of Germans literally tor down the wall, piece by piece by hand using their fists, pick axes, sledgehammers and shovels.

Streets and crossing points opened, and tens of thousands of people crossed into the west of Berlin for the first time.

E one freedom and ultimately a unified Germany emerged from the bitter Cold War that had separated Berlin for decades.

In 1990 Germany, officially reunified under the Federal Republic of Germany, few parts of the wall still exist today.

Tourists from around the world come to see these pieces of history.

Yet this dark chapter of German division is not forgot.