Berlin Wall

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Cold War symbol border barrier fortification

The Berlin Wall was a fortified concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, symbolizing the broader Cold War separation between the Eastern Bloc and the Western world.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Berlin Wall canonical	30
Berlin Wall art	1
Berlin Wall border crossings	1
Berlin Wall border system	1
Berlin Wall death strip	1
Berlin Wall exhibit	1
Berlin Wall segments	1
Berliner Mauer	1
Construction of the Berlin Wall	1
Iron Curtain fortifications	1
the Berlin Wall	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War symbol ⓘ border barrier ⓘ fortification ⓘ
borderWith	East Berlin ⓘ West Berlin ⓘ
causeOf	families being separated ⓘ refugee deaths at the border ⓘ
constructedBy	East Germany ⓘ surface form: East German government East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
country	East Germany ⓘ West Germany ⓘ
currentStatus	mostly demolished ⓘ
demolitionEndDate	1994-01-01 ⓘ
demolitionStartDate	1989-11-09 ⓘ
endDate	1989-11-09 ⓘ
event	Berlin Crisis ⓘ surface form: Berlin Crisis of 1961 fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ surface form: Fall of the Berlin Wall
fallDate	1989-11-09 ⓘ
governingAuthority	Eastern Bloc security forces ⓘ surface form: East German border troops
hasPart	anti-vehicle trenches ⓘ border lights ⓘ bunkers ⓘ death strip ⓘ guard towers ⓘ signal fences ⓘ watchtowers ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
length	about 155 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Berlin ⓘ
material	barbed wire ⓘ reinforced concrete ⓘ
notableLocation	Bornholmer Strasse crossing ⓘ Checkpoint Charlie ⓘ Potsdamer Platz ⓘ
numberOfBorderGuards	thousands ⓘ
numberOfWatchtowers	over 300 ⓘ
opposedBy	West Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Germany NATO ⓘ surface form: Western Bloc
partOf	inner German border ⓘ surface form: Inner German border
purpose	control movement between East and West Berlin ⓘ prevent emigration from East Germany ⓘ
remnantLocation	East Side Gallery ⓘ surface form: Bernauer Strasse memorial East Side Gallery ⓘ
separated	East Berlin ⓘ West Berlin ⓘ
startDate	1961-08-13 ⓘ
supportedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
symbolOf	Cold War division ⓘ Iron Curtain ⓘ division between Eastern Bloc and Western world ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ich bin ein Berliner speech → addressesIssue → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Iron Curtain → included → Berlin Wall ⓘ

West Berlin → separatedBy → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Berlin → wasDividedBy → Berlin Wall ⓘ

fall of the Berlin Wall → relatedTo → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California, United States → hasFeature → Berlin Wall ⓘ

subject surface form: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

this entity surface form: Berlin Wall exhibit

inner German border → relatedTo → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Hungary–Austria border → hadBorderFence → Berlin Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Curtain fortifications

Tribune Tower → stoneFragmentsFrom → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Governing Mayor of West Berlin → historicalContext → Berlin Wall ⓘ

East Germany → hadBorderFortifications → Berlin Wall ⓘ

East Berlin → borderedBy → Berlin Wall ⓘ

American sector of Berlin → historicalEvent → Berlin Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Construction of the Berlin Wall

John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech → topic → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Checkpoint Charlie → crosses → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Bornholmer Strasse crossing → partOf → Berlin Wall ⓘ

East Side Gallery → partOf → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Berlin Crisis → resultedIn → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library → hasPart → Berlin Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Wall segments

Invalidenfriedhof, Berlin → crossedBy → Berlin Wall ⓘ

subject surface form: Invalidenfriedhof

this entity surface form: Berlin Wall death strip

French sector of Berlin → separatedBy → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Hansa Studios, Berlin → locatedNear → Berlin Wall ⓘ

DDR → hatteGrenzanlage → Berlin Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berliner Mauer

Checkpoint Charlie (border crossing to West Berlin) → partOf → Berlin Wall ⓘ

subject surface form: Checkpoint Charlie

this entity surface form: Berlin Wall border system

Mauermuseum – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie → associatedWith → Berlin Wall ⓘ

East German border guards → location → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Zimmerstraße → historicallyAssociatedWith → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Leipziger Platz → wasDividedBy → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Stiftung Berliner Mauer → hasMainSubject → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Oberbaum Bridge → wasPartOf → Berlin Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Wall border crossings

federal state of Berlin → historicalEvent → Berlin Wall ⓘ

subject surface form: Berlin

Thierry Noir → associatedWith → Berlin Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Wall art

Chicago Tribune Tower → stoneFragmentsInclude → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Harald Jäger → associatedWith → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Wings of Desire → filmingLocation → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Alec Leamas → associatedWith → Berlin Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Berlin Wall

Tränenpalast → theme → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Mauerpark → namedAfter → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Tear down this wall speech → topic → Berlin Wall ⓘ

Tear down this wall speech → nearStructure → Berlin Wall ⓘ