What was the soviet unions primary purpose in building the Berlin Wall

a. to create a symbol of the boundary between Eastern and Western Europe

b. to protect East Germany from IS attacks

c. to prevent East Germans from escaping to West Germany

d. to provide construction work to the laborers in East Berlin

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Greyson

6 May, 03:55

What was the soviet unions primary purpose in building the Berlin Wall

a. to create a symbol of the boundary between Eastern and Western Europe

b. to protect East Germany from IS attacks

c. to prevent East Germans from escaping to West Germany

d. to provide construction work to the laborers in East Berlin

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Reed · Answer 1

C.) To prevent East Germans from escaping West Germany.

Holden Galvan · Answer 2

Option C.

Explanation:

To prevent East Germans from escaping to West Germany is the right answer.

The government of East Berlin in the year 1961 built the Berlin Wall. The main objective of building the Berlin Wall was to prevent the fleet of people from East Berlin to the West. In several ways, it was the ideal representation of the "Iron Curtain" that divided the democratic western nations and the communist nations of Eastern Europe during the Cold War.