Well basically families were affected because they could no longer visit one another and this is due to the travel restriction that they had kept.
The residents of east and west berlin who commuted to their jobs on the other side of the city were suddenly unemployed..so they remained idle.
There was another tactic undertaken by the east berlin communist rulers was an ORWELLIAN BIG BROTHER PROGRAM of spreading lies abt people.Countless marriages and reputation were ruined.this is all I've got..I hope it will help you
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The residents of east and west berlin who commuted to their jobs on the other side of the city were suddenly unemployed..so they remained idle.
There was another tactic undertaken by the east berlin communist rulers was an ORWELLIAN BIG BROTHER PROGRAM of spreading lies abt people.Countless marriages and reputation were ruined.this is all I've got..I hope it will help you
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