Berlin Wall built August 15, 1961

berlin wall Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse is open every day except Mondays 9:30 – 7:00 from April to October and 9:30

Before dawn on 13 August 1961, construction began on a wall that would divide Berlin in two and come to symbolise the Cold War for the next 28 years  berlin wall The Berlin Wall came to represent the ideological divisions of the Cold War Winston Churchill, President Truman and Stalin at the Potsdam conference, 23 July