Walther Ulbricht12 August 1961
The Berlin Wall goes up after 2,000 East Germans cross into the west the day before
Germany · Government / DDR. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Berlin Wall goes up after 2,000 East Germans cross into the west the day before
Mitterand visits Hans Modrow in East Berlin & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall
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