what did the opening of the berlin wall signify
It was a wall that divided East Germany  and West Germany.   The Berlin wall is, of corse as you can tell, a wall. It separated  east Berlin from west Berlin. It was built in 1961/62.   It was a wall separating Germany into two parts East, and West  Berlin.East controlled by Soviet Union and the west controlled by  United States, France, and Great Britain.  The Berlin Wall was constructed by the Russians in 1961 in an  attempt to cordon off the allied sector of West Berlin, occupied by  the French, Americans, and British.ell the wall was a big problem for Berlin, on the east side of the Wall the people were completely ruled by the evils of communism. When people began fleeing from the East (c â¦ ommunist) side, the Soviets decided they wouldn't let people pass through the barriers.