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East Germany constructed the Berlin Wall in August 1961
Concrete barricades divided the city to stop emigration to West Berlin
On 13 August 1961, East German authorities began erecting barbed wire and concrete barriers separating East and West Berlin. Designed to prevent East German citizens from fleeing into Western sectors, the wall stood for twenty-eight years as a prominent physical symbol of Cold War ideological division.
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