Early Berlin Wall Construction - from our story 'The Building Of The Berlin Wall – 1961-1962'

East German soldiers sharpen wooden stakes as they rush work to reinforce trench along Berlin’s East-West border at Neukoelln-Baumschulenweg in the southern part of the city on Oct. 9, 1961. Barbed wire fence on the border is in the foreground. (AP Photo/Werner Kreusch) PA-9301499