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Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
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Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall

2009-11-19 · 94 min · Not rated

Documentary · History

In August 1961, a few railway cars and barbed wire divided East Germany from West. It was a barrier that would be extended and become increasingly more sophisticated, a technological counter to each escape attempt. Computer imagery reconstructs how the Berlin Wall grew from a meager obstacle to a 97 mile barrier of concrete slabs, watchtowers and guards.

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Oliver Halmburger
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ZDF, History
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Clayton NemrowClayton NemrowNarrator (English)

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