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The Cold War in Berlin. Two years after the construction of the Berlin Wall, President Kennedy paid a historic visit to Berlin to challenge Soviet oppression and offer hope to the people of the divided city. At the end of World War II, the main Allied powers—the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union—divided Germany into ...
will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades. All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words “Ich bin ein Berliner.” Source: John F. Kennedy, Remarks at the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin <
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Dec 15, 2009 · Almost two years after the Berlin Wall was erected, John F. Kennedy delivered one of the most famous addresses of his presidency to a crowd of more than 120,000 gathered outside West...
Listen to speech. View related documents.. President John F. Kennedy West Berlin June 26, 1963 [This version is published in the Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1963.
Beginning after midnight on August 13, 1961, the East Germans constructed a physical barrier along the boundary with West Berlin using obstacles and barbed wire; construction of a concrete wall started six days later. At Hyannis Port, the President and his guests were cruising on the Marlin when a messenger arrived at the Kennedy compound.
National Archives, John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts. Twenty-four years after President John F. Kennedy's visit to Berlin, as tensions between the two superpowers eased, President Ronald Reagan made a historic appearance at the Berlin Wall.
Sep 19, 2017 · Documents at the National Archives 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the political crisis that resulted in the erection of the Berlin Wall, which divided that German city for 28 years. The National Declassification Center of the National Archives and Records Administration and the Historical Collections Division of the Central Intelligence ...
