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1. Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the GDR from August 12, 1961.
As a reaction to a seemingly never-ending flood of East Germans leaving to resettle in the West, the building of the Berlin Wall and the fortification of the entire intra-German border stabilized the
2. Willy Brandt, The Building of the Wall in Berlin, August 1961.
On August 13, 1961 the GDR erected a wall along the demarcation line between West and East Berlin in order to stop the growing growing movement of fugitives from the GDR. In a letter to U.S.
3. “The Turks are coming”
Along with the recruitment of manpower from Italy, Spain, and Greece, the hiring of Turkish workers will also be undertaken in the future, as the Federal Employment Agency just announced
4. GDR Order to Fire
On August 17, 1962, nearly one year after the Berlin Wall went up, the East Berlin construction worker Peter Fechter was shot dead by GDR border police while attempting to flee across the
5. The “Bild-Zeitung” from November 12, 1962 on the “Spiegel” Affair
The federal government has disgraced itself. It is a humiliation for the weakest and worst cabinet we’ve had since 1949. The Justice Minister has failed.The Defense Minister has concealed the

 
       
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