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Soldiers of the US army on the side of West Berlin and a water cannon of the People's Police of the GDR on the side of East Berlin stand opposite each other at border crossing point Friedrichstrasse in Berlin on the 24th of August in 1961. From the 13th of August in 1961, the day of the construction of the Wall, until the fall of the Wall on the 9th of November in 1989, the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR were seperated into West and East by the Iron Curtain
Picture No
10648403
Media ID
45210794
Size
5692px x 4385px
(3.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / picture alliance / Gunter Bratke
Date
24-Aug-61
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