Berlin Wall Built
“Bernauer Strasse, August 13, 1961. East German soldiers unroll barbed wire across a quiet Berlin street at dawn. Foreground shows a young Volkspolizist with a roll of concertina wire and a Sten gun slung; midground reveals stunned West Berliners on the far sidewalk and a couple separated by the new line; old apartment buildings rise above as the first concrete blocks arrive on a flatbed truck.”
