"Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin." "I still have a suitcase in Berlin."Marlene Dietrich (German-born actress ~ 1901 - 1992) After World War II ended on May 8, 1945 and Germany was divided up into four zones, tensions began to rise when the Soviets blockaded Berlin in June 1948. Those tensions between the democratic Western countries and the communist Eastern European countries culminated in the building of The Berlin Wall in August 1961. The Wall ~ that iconic symbol of The Cold War. B