The soldier who leaped over the Berlin Wall and became an icon of the Cold War

August 27, 2016 Posted By: Leave a comment
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At midnight on Aug. 13, 1961, East Germany sealed the borders around West Berlin.

Germany had been divided into four occupation zones in the aftermath of World War II, each administered by an allied nation: France, Britain,...

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