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Ich Bin Ein Berliner

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
The city of Berlin was divided after World War II, with the Soviet Union controlling the eastern part of the city and the USA, France, and Great Britain controlling the west. With the superpowers unable to reach an agreement to reunify the city, Berlin remained a hot spot for Cold War tensions in the post-war years. Tensions reached their peak in 1961 when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev threatened to end Western access to the city, and eventually erected a wall between East and West Berlin in an attempt to stem the tide of refugees fleeing westward. With these developments as backdrop, President John Kennedy visited West Berlin in 1963. There he cited the division of Berlin as a microcosm of the conflict between the communist and free worlds. Facing down the communists as they did, Kennedy proclaimed the Berliners an inspiration to all free men and women, and declared himself their compatriot with the famous phrase: ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ (‘I am a Berliner’). Two thousand years ago…
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Kennedy left the USA in June 1963 for a goodwill tour of five nations in western Europe. West Germany was the first of these countries and Berlin - situated in East Germany but divided into east and west halves by the recently built wall - was his most eagerly anticipated destination. East Germany…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
The city of Berlin was divided after World War II, with the Soviet Union controlling the eastern part of the city and the USA, France, and Great Britain controlling the west. With the superpowers unable to reach an agreement to reunify the city, Berlin remained a hot spot for Cold War tensions in…
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Full text Article John F Kennedy

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‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ – John F Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–63) was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat from Massachusetts in 1946, won a Senate seat in 1952 and the next year married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (1929–94). He won the presidential nomination in 1960 and…
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Full text Article Berlin Wall

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Dividing barrier between East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, erected by East Germany to prevent East Germans from leaving for West Germany. Escapers were shot on sight. Berlin had been formally divided into East and West sectors following the Berlin blockade by Soviet forces June 1948–May 1949. …
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Full text Article John F(itzgerald) (‘Jack’) Kennedy (1917–1963)

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All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words: ‘ Ich bin ein Berliner ’. Speech in West Berlin 26 June 1963. (A Berliner is a doughnut.) And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do…
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Full text Article John F, Kennedy

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-63) was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second son of Joseph P Kennedy. He graduated from Harvard in 1940 and the same year published Why England Slept , a bestselling analysis of Great Britain's unpreparedness for war. He served as a torpedo boat commander in the…
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Full text Article 26 June 1963

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Full text Article John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917–63

From The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
American Democratic statesman, 35th President of the US 1961–3; assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, he was succeeded as President by Lyndon johnson . Son of Joseph P. kennedy and Rose kennedy and brother of Robert kennedy , husband of Jacqueline Kennedy, later onassis . On…
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