Guest Post by Simon Black
Ursula Bach was 18 years old… and six months pregnant… when she heard the news.
It was August 13, 1961. And East Germany’s government started building a wall to separate East Berlin from West.
Moreover, tens of thousands of East German troops had been deployed overnight to suppress protests and erect makeshift barricades to prevent people from leaving.
Ursula Bach had crossed the border back in May, rightaroundthe time that East Germany’s leader quipped, “Nobody has the intention of building a wall…”
And then it happened. Her world changed overnight.
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