3h 55min, aug 13, 1961 y - Berlin Wall constructed
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In response to migrants leaving from the GDR to the FDR. 1961 (First half a yer), 10,000 left.Talented East German's left.
1953, more than 300,000 people had fled.
Walter Ulbricht, the East German chancellor persuaded Khrushchev to take direct action. They sealed off Berlin.
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3h 55min, aug 13, 1961 y
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~ 63 years ago