Berlin Wall (1961–1990)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historic_building
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:German_Unity_Day
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 13 August 1961
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:crossingPoint gptkb:Bornholmer_Straße
gptkb:Checkpoint_Charlie
gptkb:Friedrichstraße_station
gptkbp:demolished 9 November 1989
East German citizens
gptkbp:famousSpeech Ich bin ein Berliner
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
gptkbp:height about 3.6 meters
gptkbp:historicalSignificance end of Cold War
symbol of oppression
symbol of freedom after its fall
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Berlin Wall (1961–1990)
gptkbp:includes watchtowers
barbed wire
anti-vehicle trenches
death strip
gptkbp:length about 155 kilometers
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:material concrete
gptkbp:mediaType numerous films and documentaries
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wall_of_Shame
gptkb:Anti-Fascist_Protection_Rampart
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall
9 November 1989
gptkbp:officiallyRemoved 1990
gptkbp:protectedBy gptkb:East_German_border_guards
gptkbp:purpose to prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:German_reunification
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Erich_Honecker
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev
gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Iron_Curtain
gptkbp:remnants gptkb:East_Side_Gallery
gptkb:Bernauer_Straße_Memorial
gptkbp:separates gptkb:East_Berlin
gptkb:West_Berlin
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Cold_War
division of Europe
gptkbp:touristAttraction gptkb:Berlin_Wall_Memorial
gptkb:East_Side_Gallery
gptkb:Checkpoint_Charlie_Museum
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus not a UNESCO World Heritage Site
gptkbp:victim estimated over 100
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bernauer_Straße_U-Bahn_station
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6