![]() Soviet leader Joseph Stalin declared the establishment of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), and in August 1961 erected the Berlin Wall, closing the border between East and West Berlin to stop Berliners from his sector escaping to the Allied controlled areas of the city. However, differences soon arose between the Soviet Union and the Allied Powers as to their approach in reconstructing Germany. ![]() Berlin, which sat in the Soviet sector, was similarly divided between the 4 nations. ![]() The origins of the Berlin Wall can be found following World War Two, when what remained of Nazi Germany was divided between the Allied Powers – the Americans, British, French and the Soviet Union. Originally a barbed wire fence erected in 24 hours on 13 August 1961, the more robust, concrete version of the Berlin Wall soon followed 2 days later. The Berlin Wall was an 87 mile long concrete barrier between East and West Berlin, a symbol of the Cold War and an embodiment of the so-called ‘Iron Curtain’ between eastern and western Europe.
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