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Airbridge to Berlin
Photos from
"Aftermath 1949 -- 1959"
The Berlin Wall shortly after its construction.
Care packages being distributed to Berliners.
Schloss Strasse in the US Sector from the top of Wertheims's Department Store, 27 August 1952. As late as 1946 this street was half filled with rubble with only one lane open to traffic.
Soviet troops returning to their sector after a ceremony at the Soviet War Memorial, 9 May 1952. Nearly a decade later, the Berlin Wall was erected roughly half way between where the British soldier is standing guard and the Brandenburg Gate.
The Soviet delegation arrives for a session of the four-Power Conference of Foreign Ministers, 1 February 1954. Foreign Minister Molotov, at far right, leads the way followed by Jacob Malik and Andrei Gromyko.
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