One of the most important causes of the Berlin Wall’s construction is Hitler’s involvement in WWII. Hitler had broken the peace treaty between Germany and Soviet Russia by invading in 1939. WWII ended after Hitler committed suicide in his fuhrerbunker in Mitter. …show more content…
Went the Berlin Wall was set up, the next day there were still some flaws and gaps within it. Families were able to escape before the wall was reinforced. A ‘death strip’ was added, where anyone caught on it (between East and West) would be gunned down immediately, no questions asked. Varying reports tell us that about 200 people died on the death strip. This immediate consequence from the Berlin Wall affected the relatives of the people who died. The deaths affected them emotionally as the loss of a loved one usually does. It affected groups/people in East Germany by scaring them with what could happen if they were to attempt to escape. It made many people decide to stay in the East rather than trying to die attempting to move to the WEst. The deaths did not end at the death strip as motion active guns, barb wire and cleverly shaped concrete walls begun to form the wall. Many more died trying to cross the wall through different …show more content…
,Many people had found work on the opposite side of Germany. This was affected many people’s income as they were now forced to find work in the dying economy of East Germany., When the Berlin Wall eventually fellin 1989, the East German shops and ,markets were forced to compete with the thriving economy of the West. Capitalism came too fast for the East and many found themselves without work and income again. The workforce consequence affected workers and families in society as it twice left them without stable income. The West German economy had to lead large amounts in order for East Germany to keep up. This affected society as it meant less money was put into housing and infrastructure improvements and more was going to simply help the East keep