Berlin Wall

On 13 August 1961, Berliners went to sleep in a city where people could still move between its…

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Berlin Wall: In 1961, Berliners went to sleep and woke up to a city cut in half. East German troops had put up barbed wire overnight, stopping trains, cars and thousands of people from crossing between East and West Berlin