Heavily armed troops of the East German police patrol along the Red sector of the city to halt the flow of East Germans into the West. Here they use bayonets to push back the crowds. The cold steel and heavy military activity reduced the flow of refugees to a trickle. Berlin, Germany, 1961.

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Heavily armed troops of the East German police patrol along the Red sector of the city to halt the flow of East Germans into the West. Here they use bayonets to push back the crowds. The cold steel and heavy military activity reduced the flow of refugees to a trickle. Berlin, Germany, 1961.

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