Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Anti-Fascist_Protection_Rampart
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historic_building
border barrier
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:casualties at least 140 people killed attempting to cross
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Berlin_Wall_Memorial
gptkb:Checkpoint_Charlie_Museum
gptkb:Bernauer_Straße_Memorial
gptkbp:commonName gptkb:Berlin_Wall
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 13 August 1961
gptkbp:controlledBy gptkb:East_German_border_guards
gptkbp:demolished gptkb:West_Berliners
1994
East German citizens
gptkbp:demolitionStartDate 9 November 1989
gptkbp:famousSpeech Ich bin ein Berliner
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
gptkbp:features barbed wire
anti-vehicle trenches
death strip
guard towers
gptkbp:height 3.6 meters
gptkbp:historicalSignificance site of major Cold War confrontations
symbol of repression and division
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart
gptkbp:length about 155 kilometers
gptkbp:location gptkb:Berlin,_Germany
gptkbp:material concrete
gptkbp:mediaType featured in films and documentaries
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wall_of_Shame
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall
gptkbp:officialName Antifaschistischer Schutzwall
gptkbp:purpose prevent emigration from East Germany to West Berlin
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Berlin_Crisis_of_1961
gptkb:German_reunification
gptkb:Peaceful_Revolution_(1989)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Checkpoint_Charlie
gptkb:East_Germany
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev
gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Stasi
gptkb:Walter_Ulbricht
gptkb:West_Berlin
gptkb:Iron_Curtain
gptkb:Allied_occupation_zones
gptkbp:symbol Cold War division
gptkbp:touristAttraction gptkb:East_Side_Gallery
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus parts are UNESCO World Heritage Sites
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Berlin_Wall_(1961–1990)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7