Start of the construction of the Berlin Wall. At midnight on 13th August

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Start of the construction of the Berlin Wall. At midnight on 13th August

Start of the construction of the Berlin Wall.
At midnight on 13th August the police and units of the East German army began to close the border and, by Sunday morning, 13 August, the border with West Berlin was closed.
Picture taken three days afterwards shows: Comrades of the Combat Groups of the Working Class, employed to protect the border, stand ready at the Brandenburg Gate, protected by an armoured scout vehicle of the border police.
The site is being visited by West Berlin mayor Willy Brandt and American Army Generals.
16th August 1961

Terry Fincher
Daily Herald
Mirrorpix
Berlin
Germany
1961 1437

Media ID 21818590

© Mirrorpix

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