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3. Why was the Berlin Wall built in 1961?

As you have read in the previous section Germany had, by 1949, become two countries. It was this division of Germany that did much to fuel the Cold War in the years up to 1961.Significant economic and political differences existed between West Germany and East Germany: Berlin also remained a divided city within East Germany and these factors were to lead to another crisis in 1961.What were the differences between West...

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