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Berlin wall.
The U.S. government was NOT involved in any way with the building of the Berlin Wall!
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The Soviet Union ordered the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 for primarily one reason: to prevent further emigration of East Germans and other persons within Soviet-controlled areas of Europe. Prior to the building of the wall, large numbers of persons dissatisfied with Soviet governance escaped to the West via West Berlin; the Berlin Wall blocked this escape route.
The Berlin Wall no longer exists.NATO had no role in its building, upkeep or policing.
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The West German President during and after the building of the Berlin Wall was Theodore Heuss (1949-1959).
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The Berlin Wall was built to keep East Germans from leaving East Germany.
The citizens of West Berlin were moving to East Berlin, taking jobs away from the East Germans.