Wednesday, August 13, 2014

53rd anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall

Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall.

At least two institutions straddled the wall, the S-Bahn, which was owned by the GDR government and the Catholic Church, whose bishop lived at Bebel Platz.

In a survey carried out in Germany this week over 50 per cent of those asked were not aware of the significant event that took place on August 13, 1961.

The GDR government called it the Anti Fascist Protection Barrier.

The Wall was breached on November 9, 1989.

1 comment:

Póló said...

A recent visit to some of the remains of The Wall.

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