Why was the Berlin wall built in 1961?

Lee, My grandfather, an aunt and uncle and two cousins lived in East Berlin so I went behind the wall on visits . Out through Checkpoint Charlie . The drive in from Hamburg was much more nerve wracking- a lorry driver was shot at the crossing about two weeks before we travelled .

I feel fortunate that I got to see it in 1983. It is hard to really get a feeling for what it was like by reading about it or even seeing it in films. I went through Checkpoint Charlie and it was so nerve wracking! I felt such a relief when that wall came down!

And when the wall came down in 1989, the guards helped with the demolition.

Against the longest option is the right

The East German government's only concern was to maintain the two walls.

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