Erecting the Berlin Wall
To stop the flow of people leaving East Berlin (and East Germany), the GDR (German Democratic Republic) built a wall, physically dividing East Berlin from West Berlin. Construction of the detested structure began in August of 1961.
CreditsPhoto online, courtesy U.S. National Archives.
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Biographies
History
- American Colonies
- American Revolution - Highlights
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Auschwitz: Place of Horrors
- Book Burning and Censorship
Disasters
- America Attacked: 9/11
- Black Death
- Challenger Disaster
- Columbia Space Shuttle Explosion
- Deepwater Horizon: Disaster in the Gulf
- Fatal Voyage: The Titanic