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Berlin: A divided city

August 13, 2021

The former capital of Hitler's Third Reich was divided after World War II. But the people of Berlin were still able to move around freely in the city. That is, until August 13, 1961.

Construction of the Berlin Wall at Bernauer Straße in August 1961
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