The rise of the Berlin Wall was not only a means of restrictive passage, but a symbolization of the Cold War. The fall of the Berlin Wall was also a symbol for the fall of the Soviet Union and the Cold War. The three major reasons for the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall were different governing ideologies, self-determination, and economics. The greatest factor many would say is the self-determination of the German people, but the real reason for the duration of the wall are the different forms of government controlling Germany and opposed to each other during the cold war.…
