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The Berlin Wall: How a Wire Fence Became a Concrete Fortress
In 1961, East Germany sealed off West Berlin with barbed wire, then concrete. This episode traces the Wall's construction, the escape attempts, and the human cost—from the first jump out of a window to the tunnel diggers and the border guards who defected. We explore Checkpoint Charlie, the death strip, and the political brinkmanship between Kennedy and Khrushchev. How did a temporary measure become a 28-year symbol of division? And what drove people to risk everything to cross it?
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