President John F. Kennedy Visit to Germany 1963 271
View through barbed wire of the barrier installations of the Berlin Wall, photographed on the occasion of U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s visit to West Berlin on June 26, 1963.
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The photograph shows the barrier installations of the Berlin Wall: barbed wire in the foreground, behind it a row of anti-tank obstacles (Spanish riders) on open ground. The Berlin Wall had been erected by the GDR in August 1961 and divided the city into a western and an eastern part. Kennedy’s visit to West Berlin on June 26, 1963 was regarded as a clear affirmation by the United States of the city’s freedom and support for the population affected by the division.
