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The Berlin Wall (Building World Landmarks)
The Berlin Wall - Building World Landmarks Author:Debbie Levy In 1961, the German city of Berlin became ground zero in the struggle between the Communist and democratic worlds when Communist East Germany began building a wall to divide the city in half. The 100-mile Berlin Wall created an awful, if awesome, scar across the landscape of Germany's capital. The efforts of the East German authorities to plan... more » and build this barrier were matched only by the continuing exertions of East German citizens to go over, under, and around it.« less