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Because Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev told East German premier Walter Ulbricht to fix his "brain drain" problem, in which the most important East Germans, like doctors and engineers, were fleeing to West Berlin at an alarming rate. Ulbricht tasked his Chief of Construction Troops, Erich Honecker, with establishing a barricade around West Berlin to prevent this from happening. Honecker then decided the barricade should be in the form of a huge wall, and started building it.
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∙ 12y agoTo keep out west Germans and to keep east Germans from escaping communism
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Why did Joseph Stalin put up the Berlin wall?
He did not. It was put up 8 years after her died.
Why was the Berlin Wall erected in 1965?
I have no idea why the Berlin Wall was erected in 1965. I can tell you that the Berlin Wall they erected in 1961 was put up to keep East Germany's intellectuals from leaving for West Berlin in the middle of the night.
When was the Berlin Wall put up and when was it knocked down?
The Berlin Wall was put up in 1961 and torn down in 1989.
How long did it take to put the first Berlin wall up?
IT took exactly 5 months to put it up.
Who was the US president when the Berlin wall was put up?
John F. Kennedy
The Was put up to keep East Germans from fleeing to the west?
the Berlin wall
Did the soviet union put up the Berlin wall?
Started in 1955-1961
Was the Berlin wall put up after the cold war?
No, the wall was constructed in 1961. The cold war ended in 1989 - when the wall fell.
Who was the president of the US during thetime the Berlin wall started construction?
President John F. Kennedy was on the job (August 13, 1961) when the Soviet Union put up the Berlin Wall. He spoke out against it.
Berlin wall which side was communist?
East was communist and run by the Soviets. The West side was run by the Allies and remained free of Communism.
What was the result of the world war 2 when it ended?
an iron curtain fell across europe and the berlin wall was put up
When and where did Berlin war start?
The Berlin Airlift was in '62 when the wall went up.
