As tensions rose between the Soviet Union and the West after World War II, Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev sought to end the wave of emigration out of the USSR-controlled East Germany.

5 Little-Known Facts About the Berlin Wall

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A s tensions rose between the Soviet Union and the West after World War II, Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev sought to end the wave of emigration out of the USSR-controlled East Germany. The number of people fleeing west was staggering, and in 1961, Moscow decided to close the border around East Berlin.

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