What are some facts on the berlin wall?
The wall ran for 60 miles, all the way to Spandau Prison where Rudolf Hess was held.There were two walls,100 metres apart.The piece of land inbetween,was known as ‘no mans land’.The wall was built in the 1950’s.Prior to that, the area was marked off by barbed wire.It divided the city of Berlin,even though the city was deep inside Communist East Germany.For Westerners to enter East Berlin,they had to pass through Check Point Charlie.After Russia’s then President ,Mikhail Gorbychev,introduced reforms(peristroycha)
