TITLE

DIE MAUER

AUTHOR(S)

Bainbridge, John

PUB. DATE

October 1962

SOURCE

New Yorker;10/27/1962, Vol. 38 Issue 36, p57

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Features the Die Mauer wall which runs along the sector border, the line that was drawn approximately through the center of Greater Berlin, Germany in 1945. Description of the engineering and architectural design of the Die Mauer; Immediate objective of the construction of the Die Mauer; Launch of a systematic evacuation of dwellings situated on or near the border on August 13, 1961.

ACCESSION #

20293140

Tags: BERLIN Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989;  ARCHITECTURAL design;  RELOCATION (Housing)

 

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