The Berlin wall was very significant because it provided a barrier between one country with two radically different political belief systems. The Berlin Wall was not just a physical barrier; it was a psychological barrier also. It was specifically designed to keep the communists in, and the free democratic people out.
Because of dissatisfaction with the economic and political conditions, an increasing number of people left the German Democratic Republic (GDR). On November 27,1958, the Soviets had delivered their Berlin ultimatum, demanding that the western allies should withdraw their troops from West Berlin and that West Berlin should become a "Free City" within six months. According to Bornstien: at an international press conference
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