Question

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

Group of answer choices

a. To celebrate the Allied victory in World War II

b. To prevent Allied armies from capturing the city

c. To protect the city in the Cold War

d. To prevent those in East Berlin from escaping

Answer 1

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to stop an exodus from the eastern, communist part of divided Germany to the more prosperous west. Between 1949 and 1961 more than 2.6 million East Germans, out of a total population of 17 million, had escaped.

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Answer 2

The answer is D