When did the GDR build the wall in Berlin?
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Correct answer to question 189: 1961
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The GDR built the Berlin Wall from 13 August 1961 to stop the mass exodus of its own population to West Berlin. In 1961 alone nearly 200,000 people had already left the GDR via Berlin before the wall went up.
The question in German, as it appears in the test
Wann baute die DDR die Mauer in Berlin?
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