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Berlin Wall

Germany · Government / DDR. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1961–1989Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1961

Walther Ulbricht12 August 1961

Berlin · Government / DDR

The Berlin Wall goes up after 2,000 East Germans cross into the west the day before

1989

Hans ModrowDecember 1989

Berlin · Government / DDR

Mitterand visits Hans Modrow in East Berlin & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall

Names involved

Hans ModrowWalther Ulbricht

Provenance

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