Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Berlin Wall

(via Listverse)  The Berlin Wall was one of the most defining symbols of the Cold War. The Soviet Union and East Germany called it Die anti-Faschistischer Schutzwall (“Anti-fascist Protective Wall”). According to them, the wall was necessary to stop Western spies from sneaking into East Berlin. In West Germany, the wall was promoted as a Soviet attempt to stop East Berliners from migrating to West Berlin.