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People on the Berlin Wall by the Brandenburg Gate in November 1989
Image: Norbert Michalke/imageBROKER/picture alliance

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was constructed by the East German government in 1961. It cut off West Berlin from East Berlin and surrounding East Germany.

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