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Nov. 20, 1961. East Germany strengthens its border defenses by building two rows of tank barriers at Potsdamer Platz in East Berlin. From the booklet "A City Torn Apart: Building of the Berlin Wall."

Photos from the booklet "A City Torn Apart: Building of the Berlin Wall" For more information, visit the CIA's Historical Collections page (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/historical-collection-publications/index.html). By: Central Intelligence Agency

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Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany52.50965, 13.37594
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