As many people, including President Nixon ... As part of his campaign against any political ties between West Germany and West Berlin, East Germany’s Stalinist Boss Walter Ulbricht had wanted ...

West Berlin was a ‘Window to the West’. This meant that people living in East Berlin could see how life was in the West. The easiest route was into West Berlin. Many of those who escaped were ...

Berlin is divided by light. The contrast is a legacy from the Cold War, when Germany was divided from east to west as tensions mounted between America and the West, against Russia. Berlin was ...

This movement of people became known as the ‘brain ... a barbed wire fence was erected along the border between East and West Berlin. The wire would quickly be replaced by a concrete wall ...