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Did you know, the Berlin Wall, despite being a significant symbol of political divide, existed less than 30 years?

In early hours August 13, 1961,
the East German authorities started the construction of a wall dividing East and West Berlin. A symbol of the Cold War, the wall, topped with barbed wire, stood as a physical divide between democracy and communism. However, this historic barrier did not stand the test of time. A series of public protests and growing political pressure led to a revolutionary change. On November 9, 1989, the East German government announced that all of its citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. The wall that had once divided a city and symbolized the divide of the world was swiftly demolished. Within less than a year, almost all of the Berlin Wall had disappeared from the city. The Berlin Wall stood for a mere 28 years, a brief moment in history when compared to the centuries-old Great Wall of China or the ancient Walls of Troy.

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