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The construction start on the Berlin Wall on August 13,1961 divided Germany and turned lives upside down. Joachim Rudolph was a student who lived in the eastern sector. He wanted to see the world, but the Berlin Wall destroyed his dreams of a career abroad. Over in the west, Klaus Köppen found himself separated from his fiancée on the other side. People& Politics looks at how they took fate into their own hands.
The construction start on the Berlin Wall on August 13,1961 divided Germany and turned lives upside down. Joachim Rudolph was a student who lived in the eastern sector. He wanted to see the world, but the Berlin Wall destroyed his dreams of a career abroad. Over in the west, Klaus Köppen found himself separated from his fiancée on the other side. People& Politics looks at how they took fate into their own hands.
