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How did Ulbricht respond to the mass emigration from East Germany to the west in the 1950s?
He built the Berlin Wall
He opened the borders
He instituted reform
He ignored it
Answer
Ulbricht built the Berlin Wall in response to mass emigration from East Germany to the west in the 1950s. The wall was built to stop East Germans from fleeing to the west, and it was successful in reducing the number of people who managed to escape. The wall became a symbol of the Cold War and the division of Germany, and it remained in place until 1989.
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