The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.

May 10, 2011 · Return to homepage Videos Subscribe Strange Maps — May 10, 2011 How East German Maps Made West Berlin (Almost) Disappear On East German transit maps of Berlin, the city's western enclave was an ...

On 13 August 1961, the GDR leadership closed the border to West Berlin. On August 22, the GDR Ministry of the Interior established crossing points – seven on streets and one at a train station – to be used by West Berliners, citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany, and foreign nationals. East Berliners and GDR citizens were not permitted to cross the border.

This animated map series covers the history of the Cold War and the confrontation between the East and the West from 1947-1991. Korean and Vietnam Wars, The Berlin blockade, Cuban missile crisis. ... For a preview, please consult the map below: The Berlin Crisis (1948-1949) Subscribe La Guerra fría y el enfrentamiento entre los dos bloques ...

Jun 28, 2020 · Why was Berlin so important? Berlin was a focal point of the Cold War, and one could even argue that the Cold War started and ended in Berlin. Berlin had been the capital of Nazi Germany before it was captured by the Soviets in 1945. East Berlin was the capital of East Germany, and West Berlin was under the control of West Germany.

East Berlin Map. East Berlin is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,521 at the 2010 census. East Berlin is served by the Bermudian Springs School District. East Berlin is located in the southern part of Pennsylvania, adjacent to the York County border and 13 miles west of York.

Nov 27, 2019 · After all, the East and West Germans were still able to travel across the border. But in August 1961 something happened that would affect Europe for a long time to come: East German soldiers rolled out barbed wire and built a wall against West Berlin and then along the entire border with West Germany. The government locked up the East Germans ...

Oct 03, 1990 · On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of East Germany began to build a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,” or “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin.

Find any address on the map of West Berlin or calculate your itinerary to and from West Berlin, find all the tourist attractions and Michelin Guide restaurants in West Berlin. The ViaMichelin map of West Berlin: get the famous Michelin maps, the result of more than a …