Berlin Wall: Photos from the birth of a Cold War symbol
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August 13, 2018, 18:17
On August 13, 1961, the East German government began to build a wall between East and West Berlin, the most visible symbol of the decades-long Cold War
On August 13, 1961, the East German government began to build a wall between East and West Berlin, the most visible symbol of the decades-long Cold War. The history of this concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 — in pictures.