Everyday life along the Berlin Wall, 1985-1986
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1950s, the communist German Democratic Republic (GDR) – that part of Germany which had been the […]
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The Rise of the Berlin Wall, 1961-1989
This post was originally published on this siteThe Berlin Wall’s story began in the early hours of August 13th 1961, when the government of East […]
Four-year-old Michael Finder of East Germany is tossed by his father into a net held by firemen across the border in West Berlin, 1961
This post was originally published on this siteFour-year-old Michael Finder of East Germany is tossed by his father into a net held by residents and […]
The story of Berlin Wall in pictures, 1961-1989
This post was originally published on this siteErected in the dead of night on August 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall (known as Berliner Mauer in […]