26th June 1963: JFK declares ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’

Published: June 26, 2020, 2:05 a.m.

On the 26th June 1963 American President John F. Kennedy declared US support for West Berlin with the phrase, "Ich bin ein Berliner" – I am a Berliner – 22 months after the Soviet-supported DDR, more commonly known as East Germany, built the Berlin ...