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Wikipedia: The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches, "fakir beds" and other defenses. The Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc officially claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a Socialist State in East Germany.
![[Remains of the Wall adjacent to the Topography of Terror, August 2007]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlin_wall_1_s.jpg "Remains of the Wall adjacent to the Topography of Terror, August 2007")
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![[Remaining stretch of the Wall near Ostbahnhof in Friedrichshain, August 2006]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlin_Wall_s.jpg "Remaining stretch of the Wall near Ostbahnhof in Friedrichshain, August 2006")
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from Herraotic |
![[Satellite image of Berlin, with the wall's location marked in yellow]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlin_satellite_image_with_Berlin_wall_s.jpg "Satellite image of Berlin, with the wall's location marked in yellow")
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![[A memorial of over a thousand crosses and a segment of the wall for those who died trying to cross]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Checkpoint_Charlie_Memorial_s.jpg "A memorial of over a thousand crosses and a segment of the wall for those who died trying to cross")
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from Victorgrigas |
![[An example of a cobblestone run signifying where the wall once stood]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlin_Wall_plaque_s.jpg "An example of a cobblestone run signifying where the wall once stood")
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![[A cobblestone run without a plaque]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HPIM1753_s.jpg "A cobblestone run without a plaque")
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from Scapler |
![[A "BERLINER MAUER 1961–1989" plaque near Checkpoint Charlie signifying where the wall stood]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BERLINER_MAUER_1961_E2_80_931989_plaque_s.jpg "A \"BERLINER MAUER 1961–1989\" plaque near Checkpoint Charlie signifying where the wall stood")
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![[East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, November 20, 1961.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlin_Wall_1961_11_20_s.jpg "East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, November 20, 1961.")
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from Angr |
![[US President John F. Kennedy visiting the Berlin Wall on June 26, 1963.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kennedy_in_Berlin_s.jpg "US President John F. Kennedy visiting the Berlin Wall on June 26, 1963.")
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![[Memorial to the Victims of the Wall, with graffiti, 1982]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlin_Memorial_to_the_Victims_of_the_Wall_1982_s.jpg "Memorial to the Victims of the Wall, with graffiti, 1982")
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from Lyricmac |
![[Short section of Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, March 2009]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlin_wall_at_Potsdamer_Platz_March_2009_s.jpg "Short section of Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, March 2009")
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![[The famous You Are Leaving sign at a border of the American sector.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlin_You_are_leaving_s.jpg "The famous You Are Leaving sign at a border of the American sector.")
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from Staka |
![[Ronald Reagan at the Berlin Wall, June 1987: “Tear down this wall!”]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ReaganBerlinWall_s.jpg "Ronald Reagan at the Berlin Wall, June 1987: “Tear down this wall!”")
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![[A crane removing a section of the Berlin Wall near Brandenburg Gate on December 21, 1989]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Crane_removed_part_of_Wall_Brandenburg_Gate_s.jpg "A crane removing a section of the Berlin Wall near Brandenburg Gate on December 21, 1989")
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from Schaengel89 |
from Halgin |
![[Almost all of the remaining sections of Berlin Wall were rapidly chipped away]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlin_wall_1990_s.jpg "Almost all of the remaining sections of Berlin Wall were rapidly chipped away")
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![[Juggling on the Berlin Wall on November 16, 1989]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Juggling_on_the_Berlin_Wall_1a_s.jpg "Juggling on the Berlin Wall on November 16, 1989")
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from Rnt20 |
from Durova |
![[An East German guard talks to a Westerner through a broken seam in the wall]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlin_fallofwall_emerson_s.jpg "An East German guard talks to a Westerner through a broken seam in the wall")
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![[From the East]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlin_Baby_Wall_1968_s.jpg "From the East")
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from Tamas Szabo |
![[Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, 10 November 1989]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BerlinWall_BrandenburgGate_s.jpg "Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, 10 November 1989")
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