What was the main purpose of the Berlin Wall when East Germany built it in 1961?
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To stop emigration
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What was the main purpose of the Berlin Wall when East Germany built it in 1961?
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To stop emigration
Which museum opened in 1963 to document escape attempts across the Berlin Wall?
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Checkpoint Charlie Museum
Which Soviet leader was in power when the Berlin Wall opened in November 1989?
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Which East German border crossing connected West Berlin with East Germany near the A2 autobahn?
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Checkpoint Alpha
Which Berlin Wall escape tunnel was dug beneath Bernauer Straße in 1964?
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Tunnel 57
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Which museum opened in 1963 to document escape attempts across the Berlin Wall?
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Checkpoint Charlie Museum
Which Soviet leader was in power when the Berlin Wall opened in November 1989?
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Which East German border crossing connected West Berlin with East Germany near the A2 autobahn?
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Checkpoint Alpha
How tall was the main concrete segment of the Berlin Wall?
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3.6 metres
What was the official East German name for the Berlin Wall?
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Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart
Which 1943 Nazi massacre murdered Jews at the site of the former Ponary railway station?
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Ponary massacre
Which Nazi camp was the main destination for deportees from the Drancy camp in France?
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Auschwitz-Birkenau