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The start of the construction of the Berlin Wall on August 13,1961 divided Germany and turned lives upside down. Joachim Rudolph was a student from East Berlin. He wanted to see the world, but the Berlin Wall destroyed his dreams of a career abroad. Over in West Berlin, Klaus Köppen found himself separated from his fiancée on the other side.
The start of the construction of the Berlin Wall on August 13,1961 divided Germany and turned lives upside down. Joachim Rudolph was a student from East Berlin. He wanted to see the world, but the Berlin Wall destroyed his dreams of a career abroad. Over in West Berlin, Klaus Köppen found himself separated from his fiancée on the other side.
