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18 Captivating Images of the History of the Berlin Wall Fall Of Berlin Wall, Germany Facts, The Berlin Wall, West Berlin, East Berlin, German History, Berlin Wall, East Germany, Us History

On June 15, 1961, the First Secretary of the Socialist Union Party and the German Democratic Republic State Council, chairman Walter Ulbricht, declared, "Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Mauer zu errichten!" ("No one has the intention of erecting a wall!"). This was in response to the growing tensions between NATO…

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After the end of the second world war, Berlin was a divided city controlled by the four major allied powers. Despite the different zones of control, people could move freely between them.

However, on August 13, 1961, the East German government decided to end the free travel of Berliners by building a wall around West Berlin. 

For 28 years, the wall defined the city and served as a metaphor for the entire Cold War.

Learn more about the Berlin Wall on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily Hadal Zone, Dark Tourism, German Wall, Warsaw Pact, The Berlin Wall, West Berlin, East Berlin, Berlin City, Border Collie Mix

After the end of the second world war, Berlin was a divided city controlled by the four major allied powers. Despite the different zones of control, people could move freely between them. However, on August 13, 1961, the East German government decided to end the free travel of Berliners by building a wall around West Berlin. For 28 years, the wall defined the city and served as a metaphor for the entire Cold War. Learn more about the Berlin Wall on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily

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Thirty-Four Brilliant West Berlin Postcards from the 1960s and 70s - Flashbak 70’s Aesthetic, Scene Aesthetic, Germany Berlin, Los Angeles Police Department, West Berlin, Royal College Of Art, Unique Photography, London Underground, East Germany

It was on August 13, 1961 when the East German communists started to set up a wall between east and West Berlin, thus closing the last big escape hole in the iron curtain between east and West Germany. These postcards are of West Berlin during the 1960s and 70s.

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