Mauerjahre - Leben im geteilten Berlin 1961 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Mauerjahre - Leben im geteilten Berlin

1961 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

Since the end of World War II Berlin is divided in the American, Russian, British and French sectors. Still in the beginning of 1961 citizens can move freely between the sectors. But Berlin is a city, which has two different political and ...See moreSince the end of World War II Berlin is divided in the American, Russian, British and French sectors. Still in the beginning of 1961 citizens can move freely between the sectors. But Berlin is a city, which has two different political and economic systems, and the difference becomes increasingly striking. While West Berlin has political liberty and growing wealth, East Berlin is socialistic and much poorer. 50.000 inhabitants live in East Berlin but work in West Berlin, and pass the border every day. More than 10.000 persons emigrate from East Berlin to find a better future in West. East Germany is bleeding out. A rumor says that the regime in the East is planning to build a wall through Berlin, but on a press conference on 15 June 1961 the East German leader Walter Ulbricht denies this. Two months later, 13 August 1961, the wall is built in a hurry. In the Bernauer Street an apartment house has its backside just at the border. This becomes for some days a last escape way, but the windows are soon bricked up. 27 October 1961 Soviet and American tanks face each other at Checkpoint Charlie, but withdraw after 16 hours. Written by Maths Jesperson {[email protected]} See less

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Name	Known for
Till Hagen Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	American Primeval (2025)
Wolfgang Herrmann Self Self See fewer	Mauerjahre - Leben im geteilten Berlin (2011)
Dieter Herrmann Self Self See fewer	Mauerjahre - Leben im geteilten Berlin (2011)
Yuri Gagarin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Novogodniy kalendar (1965)
Ursula Hagemann Self Self See fewer	Mauerjahre - Leben im geteilten Berlin (2011)
Walter Ulbricht Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Baumeister des Sozialismus Walter Ulbricht (1953)
Willy Brandt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Interview mit Berlin (1959)
Elke Rosin Self Self See fewer	Mauerjahre - Leben im geteilten Berlin (2011)
Konrad Adenauer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Konrad Adenauer und seine Zeit (1966)