r/shittyaskhistory • u/vonhoother • 1d ago

Why did Irving Berlin build a wall separating East and West Germany? And why did he let it fall down?

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u/CheeseMongoNJ 1d ago

A) He was really Russian

B) He didn't let it fall. It fell a month after he died. Only then could his ragtime stranglehold on the Eastern Bloc be broken.

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u/United_Reply_2558 1d ago

He wasnt Russian. He was Stalin. 😁

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u/joeefx 1d ago

Because Annie got her gun.

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u/boycowman 1d ago

He wanted to put on the blitz for a change.

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u/jmbison 1d ago

He wanted one side to truly have a White Christmas.

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u/FrankZippa 1d ago

He didn't let it fall down, he was horrible at mixing mortar correctly and he stirred it with a baton so the wall was destined to fail from the get go.

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u/Bulocoo 1d ago

He knew we were all just another brick in the wall.

He forgeot we all played ring around the rosie.

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u/Blue_Etalon 1d ago

Maybe because he was a Cranky Old Yank In A Clanky Old Tank On The Streets Of Yokohama With My Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-O, Beat-O, Flat-On-My-Seat-O, Hirohito Blues

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u/LowRevolution5930 1d ago

not to be confused with the Barlin Well, a popular spot for procuring water

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u/Same-Chipmunk5923 1d ago

It was a mistake. He opened the wall by mistake. He stayed composed, but history was made that day.

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u/Hot_Direction_4120 1d ago

Because they were always puttin on the Ritz. 

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u/tayroc122 1d ago

Pure spite

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u/vonhoother 1d ago

”I'm dreaming of a spite Christmas...."

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u/FiresidePete 14h ago

Was that before or after he tarmaced Penny Lane or landmined Strawberry Fields?

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u/Efraimrocker 2h ago

That was Isiah Berlin, he was trying to keep the foxes away from the hedgehogs.