Communism In The Berlin Wall

Communism by definition is “a theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.” To break it down means that everything is owned by the state government or by a community. Oppression by definition is “prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority.” Both communism and oppression played a big role in the Berlin Wall whilst it was standing and when it was no more. East Germans came to West Berlin to escape the soviet communist rule the Soviets then felt that the defection of these citizens would ruin the society they were trying to develop and so they built the wall to keep East Germans in the East and away from the West therefore the Berlin Wall was symbol of communism and oppression that stood for 30 years.