The architect of the Berlin Wall was born on this day in 1893
Born in 1893, Walter Ulbricht rose from a cabinetmaker's apprentice to the hardline leader of East Germany who oversaw the sudden construction of the infamous Berlin Wall.
Walter Ulbricht was the formidable architect of the German Democratic Republic who drastically reshaped the Cold War landscape. Born in 1893, he survived the turmoil of two world wars to become East Germany's primary decision-maker.
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