History Day Topic Guide: Building the Berlin Wall: Home

World politics explainer: The fall of the Berlin Wall berlin wall 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 berlin major This years marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an important date that changed the course of German history

berlin 777 Fifty years ago on August 13, 1961, the East Germans sealed their border with West Berlin, beginning what would become known as the Berlin Wall Overnight,