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Berlin Back Then: LIFE at the Wall

Strangers in Their Own Land

Strangers in Their Own Land

In the early 1960s, the great LIFE photographer Paul Schutzer went to Berlin to chronicle the construction and the effect on everyday lives of the then-brand-new Berlin Wall. What he saw, and what he photographed, provides a chilling glimpse into an era both eerily familiar, and profoundly alien. Pictured: Shadowy silhouettes of seven West Berliners waving to their relatives on the other side of the Wall.

Photo: PAUL SCHUTZER

Sep 02, 2005