The Berlin Wall's six-month anniversary, 1962

By Joe Gromelski
Published: February 12, 2013

Merle Hunter ©Stars and Stripes
Berlin, February, 1962: A day before the six-month anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, two West Berlin residents haul a cartload of firewood along the barrier.

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