Photograph from U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s visit to Germany in June 1963. At the podium, microphones of the RIAS (Radio in the American Sector) are visible, which indicates the West Berlin leg of the visit on June 26, 1963. The backdrop of the visit was the Cold War and the Berlin Wall, which had existed since 1961; Kennedy demonstrated the solidarity of the United States with the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin.