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The Berlin Wall was built to stop East Germans fleeing to West Berlin.

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Is it true that the Berlin Wall was built to stop East Germans fleeing to West Berlin?

Yes. Multiple reference sources state the Berlin Wall was built primarily to prevent East German citizens from fleeing to the West, with several explicitly naming that as the purpose of its 1961 construction.

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Berlin Wall - Wikipedia
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Berlin Wall - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall

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West Berlin
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West Berlin. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin

The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War
2014
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Kalinovsky, A. M. & Daigle, C. (2014). The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=tpnAAwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

Simple English Wikipedia: Berlin Wall
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Simple English Wikipedia: Berlin Wall. (n.d.). simple.wikipedia.org. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall

FRUS Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XIV, Berlin Crisis, 1961–1962: 264. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
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FRUS Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XIV, Berlin Crisis, 1961–1962: 264. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State. (n.d.). history.state.gov. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v14/d264

The Berlin Wall after Fifty Years: Introduction
2011
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The Berlin Wall after Fifty Years: Introduction. (2011). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3167/gps.2011.290201

The other side of the Berlin Wall: East Germany, life under tyranny
2025
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The other side of the Berlin Wall: East Germany, life under tyranny. (2025). opac.k10plus.de. https://opac.k10plus.de/

the-world-book-encyclopedia-volume-4-a
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the-world-book-encyclopedia-volume-4-a. (n.d.). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/the-world-book-encyclopedia-volume-4-a

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