What was the name of the wall that divided Berlin?

What was the name of the wall that divided Berlin? The answer is the Berlin Wall. East Germany began building the barrier on 13 August 1961 to stop movement between East Berlin and West Berlin.

After World War II, Berlin was divided into American, British, French, and Soviet sectors, even though the city lay inside Soviet-occupied East Germany. By 1961, millions of people had left East Germany through Berlin, many seeking better economic and political conditions in the West.

The Berlin Wall encircled West Berlin and separated it from East Berlin and the surrounding German Democratic Republic. It included concrete sections, fences, watchtowers, anti-vehicle trenches, patrol roads, and a guarded “death strip.” Checkpoint Charlie was a crossing point, not the name of the wall; the Iron Curtain was the broader division between communist Eastern Europe and the West.

The border opened on 9 November 1989, after mounting public pressure and a confused government announcement. German reunification followed on 3 October 1990.