Berlin Wall’s Construction Tops Aug. 13’s Defining Moments in History
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65 years ago, the GDR built a barrier to separate Berlin in one night. The Observer spoke to those who grew up next to the Wall, those who fled and those who helped others escape.
Shortly after midnight on Saturday, August 12th to Sunday, August 13th, 1961, Operation Rose was launched in Berlin. In a single night, units of the People's Police, Workers' Militia, and People's Army of the German Democratic Republic closed off all streets leading from East to West Berlin with barbed wire and makeshift boards.
JFK, the Berlin Wall, and a Cold War Failure – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
August 13, 1961, was another date that will live in infamy. That day, East German forces began constructing the Berlin Wall, erecting a physical barrier between the Soviet empire in Europe and the free world. The American president, John F. Kennedy, viewed it as a fait accompli that he was powerless to stop without risking a military confrontation with the Soviet Union. It was not Kennedy’s finest hour. His inaction over Berlin merely reinforced…
Six decades since the GDR lifted the fence of shame in 1961 to curb the mass exodus of citizens fleeing socialism.
AfD - Alternative for Germany: Berlin (ots) - On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the construction of the Wall, Tino Chrupalla, Federal Speaker of the Alternative for Germany, explains: "Today, 65 years ago, the construction of the Berlin Wall began. Before that, many thousand people had left the GDR via East Berlin. ...
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