Berlin Wall

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  • The Wall Goes UP ... Kind Of

    The Wall Goes UP ... Kind Of
    After JFK refused to remove troops from West Berlin, Erich Honecker decided to put up a barbed wire blockade between the two Germany's.

  • Berlin Wall 2.0

    Berlin Wall 2.0
    Throughout 1965 imporvements were made to the blockade and an actual concrete wall was erected between East and West Germany. The new wall was 166km long and it covered 197 streets.

  • The New Wall

    The New Wall
    They added one more final border to the wall to make sure that was 100% impossible to cross

  • The Last Drop Of Blood

    The Last Drop Of Blood
    Throughout the years during the Cold War, many people were killed or badly wounded trying to cross this heavily guarded structure. On this day in history, a man named Chris Gueffroy was killed trying to cross over and he would be the last man killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall.

  • The Wall Comes Down

    The Wall Comes Down
    On this day the Berlin Wall falls down along with Communism by the hands of the citizens of East and West Germany, once again unifying Germany