Attempted East Berlin Escapes and the Wall: “Let them come to Berlin“

Germans attempting to escape East Germany. Throughout the video echoes President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Ich bin ein Berliner“ ( “I am a Berliner“) speech from June 26, 1963, in West Berlin from a platform erected on the steps of Rathaus Schöneberg for an audience of 450,000 Germans. Watch rare footage of the building of the Berlin Wall and how Germans attempted to escape East first barricades of what would become the Berlin Wall sprung up in August 1961. “There are many people in the world who really don’t understand, or say they don’t, what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin. There are some who say -- There are some who say that communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin. And there are some who say, in Europe and elsewhere, we can work with the Communists. Let them come to Berlin. And there are even a few who say that it is true that communism is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress. Lass’ sie nach Berlin kommen. Let them come to Berlin.“ .................................................... Subscribe - never miss a video! The 20th Century Time Machine takes you back in time to the most important historical events of the past century. Watch documentaries, discussions and real footage of major events that shaped the world we live in today.