August 13, 1961 - Commemoration of the Construction of the Wall 64 Years Ago

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Berlin's Governing Mayor Wegner, together with representatives from politics and society, recalled the construction of the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961. At the central memorial on Bernauer Straße, there was a devotion in the Chapel of Reconciliation. Afterwards, wreaths were laid down. Wegner said that the victims would never forget.

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On the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the construction of the Wall, the SED Victim Commissioners and Berlin's Governing Mayors remind us that freedom and democracy are not a matter of course.

Der Tagesspiegel

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On August 13, 1961, the GDR began the construction of the Berlin Wall. After that, dozens of people died trying to escape. On the anniversary of the construction of the Wall, the victim was commemorated.

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Sixty-four years ago, on August 13, 1961, the construction of the Wall in Berlin began: the East Germans would no longer be able to leave the German Democratic Republic (Ddr). The Wall was in fact a way to avoid the mass flight to the West. It happened in spite of a short time before Walter Ulbricht, the head of the Sed (the Socialist Party of Germany, the only party of the Ddr), had assured that "no one intends to build a wall." The Wall was de…

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Today we commemorate the anniversary of the beginning of the construction of the Berlin Wall, which divided not only Berlin, but also Europe.