The birth of the Berlin Wall @DWHistoryandCulture
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Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
On the night of August 13, 1961, East Berlin was sealed off from West Berlin. For nearly three decades, the Berlin Wall shaped millions of lives.

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