The Berlin Crisis, 1958–1961

berlin wall   4: The Building of the Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Germany from 1961 to 1989, aimed at preventing East Germans from fleeing to The Berlin Wall stood for twenty-eight years as a physical embodiment of the Iron Curtain As the Cold War dragged on, it became its own symbol

4: The Building of the Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Germany from 1961 to 1989, aimed at preventing East Germans from fleeing to The Berlin Wall was a border security installation built by the German Democratic Republic on August 12, 1961 Officially called the Antifaschistischer

The Berlin Wall fell 34 years ago—but divides between East and West Germany reverberate, even for those born after Reunification  According to German historian Hans-Hermann Hertle in his work Berlin Wall: Monument of the Cold War, between 1961 and when the wall finally came