60 years ago, the Berlin Wall went up – DW

One of the most significant memorials dedicated to the Berlin Wall can be found running along Bernauer Strasse Why not plan your visit now?

Before dawn on 13 August 1961, construction began on a wall that would divide Berlin in two and come to symbolise the Cold War for the next 28 years

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berlin major East German authorities initially began removing pieces of the wall using angle grinders, construction vehicles and cranes in the days after 9