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English: Map of the Berlin Wall, showing checkpoints. Key: Solid line: the Berlin Wall; Dotted line: edges of East Berlin; Blue dots: Checkpoints open to Germans only; Red dots: Checkpoints open to Germans and non-Germans
English: Structure of Berlin Wall. Sections, left to right Border; Concrete wall with rounded top; Anti vehicle ditch "Death strip" sand bank; Guard road; Lighting; Observation towers; Spikes or tank traps; Electrified fence with alarms; Inner wall; Restricted zone
Barbed Wire Sunday (German: Stacheldrahtsonntag), is the name given to 13 August 1961, when the military and police of East Germany closed the border between East and West Berlin and began the construction of what would become the Berlin Wall. The intention of closing the border was to prevent the migration of East Germans to the West. [1]
Map of West Berlin political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990 and was formed by merging of German occupation zones of US, France and United Kingdom. Map marks also Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) which divided city from East Berlin in urban areas.
Satellite image of Berlin, with the Wall's location marked in yellow West and East Berlin borders overlaying a current road map The Berlin Wall ( German : Berliner Mauer , pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊɐ] ⓘ ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German ...
Many have drawn comparisons of the Berlin Wall and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on America's boarder with Mexico. 13 iconic photos of the Berlin Wall.
Berlin State Library, designed by Hans Scharoun Neue Nationalgalerie, designed by Mies van der Rohe The Kulturforum (English: Cultural Forum ) is a collection of cultural buildings in Berlin. It was built up in the 1950s and 1960s at the edge of West Berlin , south of the Tiergarten , after most of the once unified city's cultural assets had ...
2020: Paper shutters office on Royal Palm Way and moves to 2751 S. Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. Moschella retires and Rick Christie takes over as executive editor of the Post.