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60th anniversary of Berlin Wall construction

By DW
29 November 2022   |   10:17 am
On August 13, 1961, the construction of the Berlin Wall began. Conrad Schumann was one of the police officers guarding the new border. But instead, he jumped across the fence from East to West Berlin. Bernd Bröde witnessed the historic moment.

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