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08 Workers Revolt in Berlin
June 1953. East Berliners throw rocks at Soviet tanks during workers' revolt. Photo from the booklet...
Uploaded on Oct 22, 2012
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07 US Tanks by Night at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
October 1961. US Army tanks position themselves nightly on Friedrichstrasse in response to the presence of...
Uploaded on Oct 22, 2012
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06 Friedrichstrasse, Berlin
October 25, 1961. American tanks face East Berlin. Photo from the booklet "CIA Analysis of the...
Uploaded on Oct 22, 2012
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10 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
1968. During the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovaks carry their national flag past a burning...
Uploaded on Oct 22, 2012
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04 Tank Barrier at Checkpoint Charlie
December 4, 1961. Volkspolizei--the East German police--and East German construction workers erect a tank...
Uploaded on Oct 22, 2012
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03 Leaving American Sector of Berlin
October 1961. The view of the border between the Soviet and American sectors of Berlin from the western...
Uploaded on Oct 22, 2012
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02 American Tanks at Checkpoint Charlie
October 25, 1961. American tanks were brought up to Friedrichstrasse -- the main avenue between East and...
Uploaded on Oct 22, 2012
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01 American Military Police
October 26, 1961. Armed American military police, summoned by the Checkpoint Charlie observer, escort a US...
Uploaded on Oct 22, 2012
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05 Aerial View of Checkpoint Charlie
November 22, 1961. An aerial view of Checkpoint Charlie - Coord UU 907189. Photo from the booklet...
Uploaded on Oct 22, 2012
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West Berliners
October 1961. West Berliners watch as East Germans prepare the “death strip,” a stretch of land along the...
Uploaded on Oct 11, 2012
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Christmas Tree in West Berlin
Dec. 24, 1961. The holiday season offers stark symbols of a divided city, with a Christmas tree in the...
Uploaded on Oct 4, 2012
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Christmas Eve 1961
On Christmas Eve 1961, West Berliners wave to loved ones on the eastern side of the Berlin Wall. From the...
Uploaded on Oct 4, 2012
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East Germans Sign
Dec. 8, 1961. East Germans install a sign urging the West to work for peace and understanding and to...
Uploaded on Oct 4, 2012
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Prinzen-Heinrich Heine-Strasse Border Crossing
Dec. 5, 1961. A truck squeezes through the expanded barricades at the Prinzen-Heinrich Heine-Strasse...
Uploaded on Oct 4, 2012
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Friedrichstrasse Crossing Point
Dec. 4, 1961. American soldiers watch as construction workers, heavily guarded by East German security...
Uploaded on Oct 4, 2012
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Checkpoint Charlie
Dec. 4, 1961. Under the eye of East German soldiers and police officers, construction workers install a...
Uploaded on Oct 4, 2012
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East German Police Tear Up Train Tracks
December 1961.The East German police tear up train tracks leading to West Berlin after 25 people escaped...
Uploaded on Oct 4, 2012
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West Berliners
Nov. 30, 1961. As the holiday season approaches, West Berliners try to stay in contact with friends in...
Uploaded on Oct 4, 2012
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