What Was The Berlin Wall A Mistake

I believe that the Berlin wall was a mistake, not be kind of mistake that can be easily fixed, what a mistake that caused people to die. In my theory the German democratic republic caused more damage to themselves then they did profit from the closing of the boarder. When they built the wall they made more people want to leave Berlin then stay, they did this by killing anyone who wasn’t allowed access to West Berlin on site of trying to escape East Berlin. When they built the wall they declared to the world that as long as the wall stood they would continue with their ways. The Berlin wall was built as a reinforcement to help keep the closed border secure in 1962 although the border was closed in 1952. Most of west Berlin belonged to the US, the British, and the french. Because of
Two years after the construction of the Berlin wall, President John F Kennedy went to Berlin to express his thoughts on the matter. According to the words of president John F Kennedy ,“there are some who say that communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin.”, he didn't particular enjoy the matter. In fact some may say that president John F Kennedy would tear down the wall with his bear hands If he wasn't at the risk of war. During the years of the Berlin wall many people tried to escape, but up to one third of the population of East Berlin at least put in an effort to escape, but what we do know is that over a 300 of them did not make it, Mostly because of the many methods of security. Furthermore these methods of security might be considered overkill, but many of these methods of security were watchtowers, patrolling dogs and officers, vehicle trenches, barbwire, and a large concrete wall. The Berlin wall, as you may have presumed, was the large concrete