The Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 by the communist government, to make it impossible for East Germans to leave their country.

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The Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 by the communist government, to make it impossible for East Germans to leave their country.

Berlin, Berlin Wall at Zimmerstrasse. West Berliners watching over the Wall to the East.

Berlin Wall being built – separation.

Berlin. Bernauer Strasse/Brunnenstrasse View from West to East Berlin.

Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie View from West to East Berlin, 1961

Standoff between US and Soviet tanks at Checkpoint Charlie, 1961.

Berlin, Potsdamer Platz, 60s

Brandenburg Gate photographed through the barbed wire there, from the West Berlin, April 1963

Checkpoint Charlie Berlin, April 1963

Berlin, John F. Kennedy visiting Berlin on June 26, 1963.

JFK gave his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech.

President Kennedy says, “Ich bin ein Berliner.” (I am a Berliner) – I support you. Due to the Allied Air Lift, from a few years prior, and President Kennedy’s support, West Berlin remained a vigorous and healthy city. Berlin, unfortunately, remained divided.

In the last phase of the wall's development, the "death strip" between fence and concrete wall.

East Germans were killed if they tried to escape.

Berliner Mauer, Berlin 1983.

In 1985 I took a group of students to Germany

United States President Ronald Reagan delivers his famed "Tear Down This Wall" speech at the Berlin Wall in June of 1987, in which he called for Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall.

In 1989 the Berlin Wall came DOWN!!

They have the line marked where the Wall stood.

Potsdamer Platz has been restored. They have kept a section of the Wall.

Checkpoint Charlie today.

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