BERLIN THING — Term from SntMaster Dictionary

BERLIN THING

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a reference to Berlin being divided into English, French, British and Russian sectors by the Allies after World War II. The Russian sector came to b e known as East Berlin, and the other sectors were called West Berlin. In 1961 a wall was erected by East Germany which divided the city into a communist section and a noncommunist section (just as Germany was similarly divided between East (communist) and West (noncommunist)) to keep East Berliners from defecting to the West. —SHSBC Binder 26 Approved Glossary