58 years ago today, August 13th 1961, the first border fences were erected around the border of West Berlin, in what would quickly become the Berlin Wall. So what were the events leading up to 1961?
The Berlin Wall was breached on the night of November 9th, 1989. The German Democratic Republic was done. East Berliners poured through the suddenly opened border, stood on top of the “Anti-Fascist ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This 1962 NATO film provides an overview of the events that led to the creation of the Berlin Wall.