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Did You Know?

  • The wall included a system of 302 guard towers and 55,000 landmines.
  • A barbed-wire fence where the wall would be was installed overnight, surprising residents on both sides.
  • The East German government claimed that it built the Berlin Wall to keep out Western ideas, spies, and fascists.

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