Construction works at the Berlin Wall

Officers of the people's police reinforce the barbwire on the Berlin Wall in Berlin, GDR, 1962. In the early morning of 13 August 1961, under the supervision of GDR's armed forces barbed road blocks were errected and the building of the Berlin Wall began to islolate East Berlin from the western part of Berlin. The wall intends to prevent GDR's citizens from seeking refuge in West Berlin

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1960er 1960th 60er 60th Antifaschistischer Berliner Borders Geschichte Grenzen Mauerbau Ostdeutschland Politik Polizei Schutzwall Sixtieth

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