The Berlin Wall was erected in August 1961 during the first year of the administration of President John F. Kennedy.
President John F. Kennedy was on the job (August 13, 1961) when the Soviet Union put up the Berlin Wall. He spoke out against it.
JFK.
John F. Kennedy was president.
Construction of the Berlin Wall started on 13 August 1961 (NOT 1953). At this time John F Kennedy was president
The West German President during and after the building of the Berlin Wall was Theodore Heuss (1949-1959).
Dwight Eisenhower
The construction of the Berlin wall begun on August 13, 1961.
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The President of the Soviet Union when the Berlin Wall collapsed, in 1989, was President Mikhail Gorbachev.
Berlin Wall was started in August 1961
The Berlin Wall was more than steel and concrete. What did its construction AND destruction symbolize?
The wall was built many years before he was president, so he did nothing to protest the wall. He was acting when it was built and didn't get into elected office until the mid 1960's.