The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊɐ] ⓘ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin …

When the Allies divided Germany into occupation zones in 1949, the boundary between the GDR’s Thuringia and the West’s Bavaria ran straight through tiny Mödlareuth. Incredibly, …

Well over 100,000 citizens of the GDR tried to escape across the inner-German border or the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1988. More than 600 of them were shot and killed by GDR …

The initial Flag of East Germany (GDR) adopted in 1949 was identical to that of West Germany (FRG). In 1959, the government of this country issued a new version of the flag bearing the …

Dec 15, 2009 · On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete …

On the Eastern side, it was made one of the world's most heavily fortified frontiers, defined by a continuous line of high metal fences and walls, barbed wire, alarms, anti-vehicle ditches, …

Between 70,000 and 100,000 citizens of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from all walks of life have come to central Leipzig today to protest against East Germany's governing …

Mar 4, 2025 · In the early years, many people left the GDR and moved to the FRG - prompting the GDR leadership to build the Berlin Wall in 1961 and to reinforce and seal the entire inner …

Since 1952, the leadership of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) had sealed off the Soviet occupation zone from the West. The inner-German border had a restricted zone several …

Photos and displays show the development of the GDR border security system, from the first hollow blocks to the fourth-generation Wall that, with its L-shaped segments, became the …