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On August 13, 1961 the Berlin Wall was erected and devided the city of
Berlin for more than 28 years. The photographs shown on this page were taken by unknown
photographers in the sixties after building up the wall.
Two months before the wall was build Walter Ulbricht, the East German leader, declared at
an international press conference on June 15, 1961:
"I understand your question rightly that there are people in West Germany who wish
that we mobilize the building worker of the capital of the German Democratic
Republic to build up a wall. Not that I am aware of a such intention exists. The building
workers of our capital are mainly busy with house building and their manpower is fully
used for that."
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(c) 2002-2011 Heiko Burkhardt
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