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After WWII, Germany was defeated by the allies and divided. East Germany was run by the USSR (Russians). Berlin, the capital, was located in East Germany, but was controlled by the USSR and the western allies. The Berlin Wall was build to keep the East Germans in Eastern Berlin from entering Western Berlin of Western Germany.

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