Barbed Wire Sunday
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Barbed Wire Sunday
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Barbed Wire Sunday, is the name given to 13 August 1961, when the military and police of East Germany closed the border between East and West Berlin and began the construction of what would become the Berlin Wall. The intention of closing the border was to prevent the migration of East Germans to the West. Prior to the establishment of the wall, approximately 3.5 million East German citizens defected to West Germany, many through the Berlin border due to its lack of security. This posed a major
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Name given to the day when the construction of the Berlin Wall began (13 August 1961)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbed_Wire_Sunday
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2024-01-22T23:39:12Z
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