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what is the communist response to Kennedy's famous Berlin Wall quote: "...democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in..." (www.jfklibrary.org)

submitted 1 month ago by comrade_pibb@hexbear.net to c/history@hexbear.net

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It's really hard to find non Western sources about the Berlin Wall

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[–] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Wait, i thought that the Berlin wall encircled West Berlin, which was part of West Germany?

If, so, when looking at a map...

[–] newacctidk@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago

Yeah in the west it is never taught where the border was. I've seen people say the Berlin Wall was the border of the cold war, like bro more than half the width of the DDR is west of the wall.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

I think this is the context that is always omitted from the Western analysis, thanks

[–] iByteABit@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

I suppose all of Berlin was also surrounded by another wall? Because if not, couldn't people from West Berlin just go around the wall?