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Berlin Wall: history of an iconic border

August 6, 2021

On August 13, 1961, the East German government built the Berlin Wall to stem the flow of refugees to the West. Painter Matthias Koeppel and musician Andrej Hermlin on the construction and legacy of the wall.

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