WeekInTime Issue 71: The Divided City
The Berlin Wall is erected in 1961
It’s hard to imagine a capitalist system and a communist system just one metro stop apart, but that was the norm for Berliners for over a decade. One morning, they awoke to find their city divided by more than just ideology. This week in time, East Germany started building the Berlin Wall, which would serve as a symbol of the Cold War for decades.
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