East Germany Closes Its Border To The West

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Synopsis: The last great exodus of refugees from East Germany are processed as troops of the East German Communist Regime begin erecting barb-wire barricades to close off East from West while West German Willy Brandt calls on all West Berliners to keep calm and not provoke Soviet and East German troops...(read more)

Date: 1961
Duration: 00:02:35
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Germany

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East Germany Closes Its Border To The West

East Germany Closes Its Border To The West

The attention of an anxious world is focused on East and West Germany and Berlin during the Cold War. The last great exodus of refugees from East Germany is processed at the Marienfelde Refugee Transit Camp as the Communist German regime moves to close its border against further flights of East Germans to West Germany in August 1961.

Troops swooped down on the border between East Berlin and West Berlin in the pre-dawn hours to close routes between the sectors. Initial construction of the Berlin Wall. East German soldiers begin erecting a “Berlin Wall” of barbwire.

East Berliners are told to give up their jobs in the West and Mayor Willy Brandt called on all Berliners to keep calm and avoid provoking Soviet Troops who took up positions along side their East German counterparts.