again be allowed to arise. for many seeking greater freedom that meant there was only one option left leave $953.00 saw the peak of east german migration to the west by $961.00 a total of 2700000 people had fled the country well over a 10th of the population. the exodus was put to an abrupt end with the construction of the wall in 1961 with that the final weak point in the inner german border had been fortified east germany resembled an open air prison an entire population walled in attempting to flee now meant risking your life and i was i would prefer to call they built a wall and imprison their own people for she said she they called it an anti fascist protection barrier and claimed the threat emanating from the west while their guns were trained on people wanting to move from east to west from us in the investigation but as of this it was a blatant lie. but one that for