2024年8月11日 · Formidable concrete walls took shape at the seven crossing points between East and West Berlin on December 4, 1961. The new walls were seven feet high and five feet thick. Only small passages for traffic were left open.

2021年12月8日 · Workers set up a sign warning pedestrians they are leaving the American sector of Berlin, Germany, on Wiener Strasse (Vienna Street) in the district of Kreuzberg in West Berlin, on August 13, 1961. In the background is the Berlin Wall that divides East and West Berlin.

Photos -- most of which never ran in LIFE magazine -- of the earliest days of the brutal divide and ultimate Cold War symbol.

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2019年11月9日 · This week marks 30 years since the Berlin Wall separating East and West Germany came crashing down. View photos of the rise and fall of the wall.

November 9, 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Cold War barrier that divided East and West Berlin for nearly three decades. The wall was torn down after Communism collapsed in 1989.

2021年8月22日 · After this look at the fall of the Berlin Wall, learn how the Wall became a canvas for astounding artwork. Then, take a look at vintage photos that provide a peek into life in East Germany . Share

The building of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 divided families and neighborhoods in what had been the capital of Germany. The Wall represented a uniquely squalid, violent, and ultimately futile, episode in the post-war world.

2024年7月31日 · For nearly 30 years, Berlin was split by a concrete barrier, the Berlin Wall, which stretched nearly 27 miles through the city. This grim structure stood as a powerful symbol of the Cold War, separating East and West Berlin.

For almost 30 years, the Berlin Wall prevented East Germans from seeking freedom in the West. See images of its beginnings and its end.