Sadly, the wall and the history of it are being misused by the ultra left wing radical extremists in reference to a certain other wall being constructed in this country. I still have a map that I got as a teenager back in ‘62 of Berlin and the depiction of the wall and fencing in use at the time. It shows the city divided and has lots of statistics on it. A lot of folks have NO clue.
It amazes me that people successfully conflate a wall designed to keep people out with a wall designed to keep people in.
Was in Berlin in 84 and then again a few months after the wall came down. Spent an afternoon at the Brandenburg Gate watching families be reunited after almost 30 years. They were crying, I was crying. I’ll never forget that day.
I have a piece of the wall in my living room.