How did the Berlin Wall affect the people of East Berlin?
East Berlin was heavily affected by the Berlin Wall. To the people it meant that any attempt at escape could no longer happen and that they would not see their relatives for so long. It meant that the Communist East German satellite regime had complete control over them and showed that they really did not have any freedom. Tthey had a bad ecomomy and the East German government would not let them escape, The Wall was guarded by soldiers ready to shoot anyone who tried escaping.
