Historical figure

Walter Ulbricht

1893 – 1973

East German Leader Cold War Germany

General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) who ordered the closure of the Berlin border in August 1961.

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Dokumentasi korban Tembok Berlin Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur · Berlin · n.d. Discussed in The Berlin Wall: 28 Years Dividing a City and Symbol of the Cold War
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The Berlin Wall: A World Divided, 1961-1989 Frederick Taylor · HarperCollins · 2006 Discussed in The Berlin Wall: 28 Years Dividing a City and Symbol of the Cold War
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Driving the Soviets up the Wall: Soviet-East German Relations, 1953-1961 Hope M. Harrison · Princeton University Press · 2003 Discussed in The Berlin Wall: 28 Years Dividing a City and Symbol of the Cold War

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The Berlin Wall: 28 Years Dividing a City and Symbol of the Cold War

After World War II, Germany was divided into Allied occupation zones, and Berlin, within the Soviet zone, was also split into four sectors. In 1949, two German…

13 Agustus 1961 - 9 November 1989 3 min read 10 Nov 8, 2026

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