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The Wall That Split a City

Built in a Day. Stood for 28 Years.

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The Day the Wall Went Up

🎙️ Marquee Event of the Day

On August 12, 1961, East Germany began building the Berlin Wall, severing the city of Berlin into East and West. What began with barbed wire quickly escalated into a full concrete structure stretching over 150 km.

📌 Why This Matters

The Berlin Wall stood for nearly three decades as a global symbol of repression. It divided not only a city but the very essence of East vs. West, communism vs. capitalism, fear vs. freedom. Its fall in 1989 remains one of the most iconic moments of the 20th century.

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