The Berlin Wall was built as a direct response to the West's refusal to make Berlin a free city in a permanently divided Germany.

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The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 by the communist government of East Germany in response to the growing number of East Germans fleeing to the West. One reason for the construction of the wall was the West's refusal to make Berlin a free city, but this was not the sole reason for the wall's construction.

The Berlin Wall Was Built as a Direct Response to the West's