Border checkpoint in West Berlin, with sign You
Border checkpoint in West Berlin, with sign You are leaving the American Sector in four languages. October 1961. USSR provoked the 1961 Berlin Crisis by demanding the withdrawal of Western armed forces from West Berlin. When they refused, East Germany erected the Berlin Wall. (BSLOC_2015_17_232)
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11969699
Media ID
45361960
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3000px x 2011px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
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