Germany Commemorates the Division of Berlin by the Wall
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Exactly 65 years after the Berlin Wall was built, the new podcast "1986 – West Berlin Original Sound" launches on August 13, 2026. Berlin radio legend Marion Hanel, one of the defining voices at rbb for over three decades, and West Berlin author Heiko Mehnert will speak every two weeks with Berlin characters and eyewitnesses about life in the divided city, especially during the 1980s. August 13, 1961, marked the beginning of a new era for the ci…
It was one o'clock in the morning on Sunday, August 13, 1961, and darkness had enveloped the Brandenburg Gate. Tanks rolled under the historic columns and soldiers stretched barbed wire. Within hours, all of West Berlin was surrounded by armed guards from the German Democratic Republic. Exactly 65 years later, Germans commemorated the division of Berlin by the Wall. The Wall was supposed to prevent people from escaping to freedom from the commun…
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