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The Berlin Wall: Countdown to 1961/1989
Season 1 · Episode 1
Countdown to 1961: The Rise of the Berlin Wall
0.045mJanuary 1, 2019
On Aug. 13, 1961, Berliners woke up on a Sunday morning to find their city divided by a wall. That day became known as “Barbed Wire Sunday,” marking a peak in the era of the Cold War. It felt like a complete surprise to many, but key moments in the preceding year made clear that something was brewing.