The significance of the Berlin Wall as a symbol during the Cold War was immense, representing the ideological divide between East and West. Its construction in 1961 marked the physical manifestation of the Iron Curtain that separated communist Eastern Europe from capitalist Western Europe. The wall became emblematic of the repression experienced by citizens in Eastern Bloc countries and the struggle for freedom and reunification. Its fall in 1989 symbolized the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, paving the way for democratic reforms and reunifications, altering the global landscape dramatically.