In East Berlin, The Berlin Wall was a symbol of The Cold War. It was put up to prevent the East Germans from escaping the East side to the West side. In 1989 The Berlin Wall was tore down. Look here for more information: http://www.aviewonc...
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Because Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev told East German premier Walter Ulbricht to fix his "brain drain" problem, in which the most important East Germans, like doctors and engineers, were fleeing to West Berlin at an alarming r...
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The Berlin Wall, which separated the city in an eastern and western part, ... Traffic at the border was halted and the underground and S-bahn connecting the different sides of the city were put out of operation. Houses at the eastern side of the border were evacuated and the windows on the border side were bricked up.
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www.aviewoncities.com/berlin/mauer.htm
www.aviewoncities.com/berlin/mauer.htm
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Berlin Wall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Berlin Wall (German: ) was a physical barrier erected by the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany) completely encircling West Berlin, separating it from East Germany, including East Be...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall
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Until 1961 East German citizen were allowed to travel to West Berlin. ... Berlin Wall; Online ... Berlin Wall History Berlin Wall 1961 Timeline Berlin Wall Today Berlin Wall Photographs...
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www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/why-the-berlinwall...
www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/why-the-berlinwall-was-built.htm
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Dedicated to the Berlin-Wall ... The Berlin Wall at Bernauer Straße. Picture taken in 1977, new section of the Wall being put up. Here with the support platform towards the west side. Normally the support platform is towards "friend side" = the east side.
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www.berlinermauer.se/BerlinWall/
www.berlinermauer.se/BerlinWall/
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The Berlin-Wall and myself in summer 1978, ... Measurements I have taken (I only put up some here): Height of the old Walls are 3,20 meters high with the barbed wire, if there are two brick layers on the top of the Wall. The modern Wall (like the one on the first image on this page, I am leaning and sitting against the...
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berlin-wall.org/fakta.html
berlin-wall.org/fakta.html
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Finally, the border area looked about as follows: First, there was a wall which was made up of concrete segments with a height of 4 m, usually with a concrete tube on top of it. Behind it (at the "eastern" side) there was an illuminated control area (also called ... At least 100 people were killed at the Berlin Wall,
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userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/BIW/wall.html
userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/BIW/wall.html
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There has never been so shameless a speculation in currency in any other city in the world as in West Berlin-and this under the protection of the occupation authorities. Buying up in the G.D.R. and export to West Berlin and the F.R.G. of valuable goods and foodstuffs was organized on an enormous scale;
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www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1961berlin-usa-ussr.html
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1961berlin-usa-ussr.html
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