On 13 August 1961 a barbed wire fence was erected along the border between East and West Berlin. The wire would quickly be replaced by a concrete wall, complete with lookout towers and armed ...

Many of the 327 were young manual workers or farmers. East Germany erected the Wall overnight in 1961 and it totally surrounded West Berlin In 1979 two East German families - the Wetzels and ...

The Berlin Wall, erected in 1961, stood as a symbol of the Cold War until its fall in 1989, dividing East and West Berlin. The anniversary celebrations, which include exhibitions, concerts ...

1961, the German Democratic Republic began building a long and high wall at the border separating the east and west zones of Berlin — at the time, Germany’s largest city. The heavily guarded ...