GermanyAufgabe 151 · History and responsibility
Who built the Wall in Berlin?
In the exam (German)
Wer baute die Mauer in Berlin?
- aGreat BritainGroßbritannien
- bthe GDRdie DDRCorrect answer
- cthe Federal Republic of Germanydie Bundesrepublik Deutschland
- dthe USAdie USA
Why?
The GDR (DDR) built the Wall from 13 August 1961. It wanted to stop more and more people from fleeing the GDR to West Berlin and the Federal Republic. The GDR leadership called it the “anti-fascist protection wall” (antifaschistischer Schutzwall), but above all it locked in its own citizens.
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