Cold War: U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> gave his "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner" id="mwARY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ich bin ein Berliner">Ich bin ein Berliner</a>" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany" id="mwARc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> shortly after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwARg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a>-supported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany" id="mwARk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> erected the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a>.