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Why was the Berlin Wall more important than Chernobyl disaster AND gulf war?

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The wall separated East Berlin and West Berlin. It was built in order to prevent people from fleeing East Berlin. In many ways it was the perfect symbol of the "Iron Curtain" that separated the democratic western countries and the communist countries of Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War.

while the chernobyl and gulf war killed thousands the wall was still way worse.

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