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Berlin Wall
Berlin WallThe Potsdam Agreement of 1945 divided Germany into four occupation zones controlled by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union.
Fall of the Berlin WallOn the 19th of August 1989, a Pan-European Picnic took place on the border between Austria and Hungary. This event was based on an idea by Otto von Habsburg…
Tear down this wall!On the 12th of June 1987, the United States president Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. This location had been a flashpoint…
Berlin Crisis of 1961By 1958, East German leader Walter Ulbricht struggled to maintain control of a state facing severe economic hardships. War reparations demanded by the Soviet…
Checkpoint CharlieBetween 1949 and 1961, over two and a half million East Germans fled to the West. The numbers increased during the three years before the Berlin Wall was…