It's not the height of the wall that matters...

... but the behavior of the people who enforced the 'shoot to kill' instruction, that created the divide.

View of a remaining section of the Berlin Wall, taken from the Western side's Topography of Terrors.

[Boo]

usch, and families divied

[Walks @ 7]

Bleak but very poignant.

[JoeV]

The shot shows how severe the atmosphere is, but the cranes give the impression that growth is happening on the other side.