At first, Berlin citizens could move freely around the whole city, but, with the worsening of the Cold War, all the borders were closed. BERLIN DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL During the night ...
Prayers and candles brought the Berlin wall down. They proved stronger than the powers of a decaying Communist dictatorship in East Germany. The churches in Germany are commemorating the 20th ...
13, 1961, the German Democratic Republic began building a long and high wall at the border separating the east and west zones of Berlin — at the time, Germany’s largest city. The heavily ...