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East Berlin Map of Berlin from 1949 to 1990 showing the city divided into sectors controlled by France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union. West Berlin is split into French, British, and American sectors, while East Berlin is under Soviet control. The map also indicates the areas of West and East Berlin and their respective sizes, with surrounding East Germany shown.
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The unexpected fall of the Berlin Wall explained
JFK's historic “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech revisited
Was it possible to escape East Germany?
Walter Ulbricht and the Establishment of East Germany
The popular uprising against the GDR regime explained
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The fall of the Berlin Wall
Overview of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
The unexpected fall of the Berlin Wall explained
Learn about the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Vasile Bobirnac/Dreamstime.com; © Badboo/Dreamstime.com; German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-1989-1118-018/Robert Roeske
JFK's historic “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech revisited
John F. Kennedy visiting West Berlin in June 1963 and delivering his “Ich bin ein...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Was it possible to escape East Germany?
Overview of efforts to escape East Germany.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail John Waterman-Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Walter Ulbricht and the Establishment of East Germany
Learn about Walter Ulbricht's career as leader of the German Democratic Republic...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail National Archives of the Netherlands/Anefo; National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Muriel Woolf Hobson
The popular uprising against the GDR regime explained
Workers in East Berlin protesting against the East German government in 1953.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild F005191-0040A; © Coatchristophe/Dreamstime.com

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East Berlin
East Berlin, divided from the western part of the city while Germany was divided...
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Cold War
Map of Cold War Berlin.
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