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The Wall Turns Twenty Years Old in Berlin
Photos capture Berlin after two decades of the barrier linking East and West. The wall began with barbed wire on August 13, 1961 and grew into a fortified structure with watch towers minefields and a death strip. Sixty four percent of escape attempts were fatal. Peter Fichter an 18 year old East German died early in the crisis four days after the first barricades went up.
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