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Vintage Photos Show What Life Looked Like Behind the Iron Curtain
The Berlin Wall was erected to stop an estimated 1,000 daily emigrations from East Germany to West Germany, drastically reducing crossings for nearly 30 years.
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Vintage photos show what life looked like behind the Iron Curtain
Children admire a painting on a sunny beach day in Russia.Vladimir Bogdanov/FotoSoyuz/Getty ImagesRussia's war on Ukraine has deepened a divide between the former Soviet nation and Europe.Before the end of the Cold War, the Iron Curtain cut off the Soviet Union from the rest of Europe.Life there was restricted, but as its leaders changed, Western influence began to reach residents.The US and Russia might be trying to strengthen relations as Pres…
On the anniversary of the construction of the Wall, the Foundation called for better teaching on the history of the GDR in schools, which is often too short.
History Today: When construction on the Berlin Wall began in 1961
On this day in 1961, soldiers in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began construction on the Berlin Wall – separating the communists backed by the Soviet Union from the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).
The GDR began on 13 August 1961 with the construction of a heavily fortified wall in the middle of the city. A key date in German-German history.
In Berlin today, the beginning of the construction of the Wall and the closure of the GDR border is remembered 64 years ago.
On the 64th anniversary of the construction of the Wall, the Governing Mayor of Berlin remembers the victims of the Wall – including a boy as young as five.
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