Late August 1961. An East German mother, who just passed her son to her husband in West Berlin, cries as she looks across the border at her husband and son in West Berlin.  From the booklet "A City Torn Apart: Building of the Berlin Wall." For more information, visit CIA's Historical Collections webpage (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/historical-collection-publications/index.html">www.cia.gov/library/publications/historical-collection-pu...</a>).
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