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Christmas tree behind the Berlin Wall, 1961

By Joe Gromelski
Published: December 24, 2011
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Norm Zeisloft ©Stars and Stripes
Berlin, December, 1961: Forlorn and incongruous behind the barricades and barbed wire of the four-month-old Berlin Wall stands a Christmas tree, a symbol of peace and goodwill on earth. (To the Communists in the city's Eastern sector, it was known as a New Year's tree.)

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