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“You’re New Here, Aren’t You?”

“You’re New Here, Aren’t You?” (21)

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As the Soviets built the wall that divided East Berlin from West Berlin in August 1961, they posted a member of the communist People’s Police every few feet. Herblock depicts the armed guards stemming the tide of East Germans fleeing to the West, with the exception of one policeman, who looks west. On August 13, 1961, Berliners woke up to a divided city. The wall came down on November 9, 1989.
As the Soviets built the wall that divided East Berlin from West Berlin in August 1961, they posted a member of the communist People’s Police every few feet. Herblock depicts the armed guards stemming the tide of East Germans fleeing to the West, with the exception of one policeman, who looks west. On August 13, 1961, Berliners woke up to a divided city. The wall came down on November 9, 1989.