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Watched by the Stasi and Appalled by Communism: Reagan in Cold War Berlin

A new book traces the US President's trips to the divided city

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Katja Hoyer
Jun 11, 2026
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President Ronald Reagan making his Berlin Wall speech, 1987. Img: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 75855513, Public Domain.

“Mr Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr Gorbachev, tear down this Wall!” – tho…

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