What was the true motivation for building the Berlin Wall?
>>1596556
Retaliation over Bay of Pigs.
Kennedy let it happen, hoping it would appease the commies.
Stalin wanted to make communism great again so he built a wall and made the capitalist pay for it
>>1596556
to keep the happy citizens of the glorious GDR safe from the hordes of disillusioned capitalist pigdogs clamoring to get in, and to shield them from capitalist evils such as consumer goods and the existential terror of not having secret police, OBVIOUSLY
>>1596572
>made the capitalist pay for it
well it's not like the USSR had any money
>>1596556
Stopping the East German work force from fleeing out of the country?
>>1596556
To keep East German elites from fleeing an anti-elitist society.
To create the first European fascist preserve obviously.
>>1596556
Protecting good east berlin people from fascist amikaefer.
>>1596791
>>1597889
>fascism
>right-wing
>>1596556
To keep GDR citizens from fleeing in droves like they had before '61.
>>1597931
>fascism is left wing
spotted the john bircher.
>>1596572
Krushchev built it, retard
>>1596556
Prevent the drain brain