US tank at sector border in West Belrin 1961
A heavy Patton tank of the US Army standing on Wilhelmstrasse in West Berlin at the border to the eastern part of the city, on 23rd August 1961. In the background the Berlin Wall and the Haus der Ministerien (house of ministries), the former Reich aeronautic ministry, at the corner of Wilhelm and Leipziger Strasse. From 13th August 1961, the day of the building of the wall, until the fall of Berlin Wall on 9th November 1989 the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR were split by the iron curtain between west and east
Picture No
10648363
Media ID
45210125
Size
5730px x 4371px
(2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / picture alliance / Gunter Bratke
Date
23-Aug-61
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