why did khrushchev have the berlin wall built
Explain why Khrushchev ordered the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961. There were several reasons why Khrushchev built the Berlin Wall in 1961, the first of which was the economic effects of free movement in between West and East Berlin.ince the division of the city, East Germans had been able, with enough money, to leave the GDR through Berlin which was described as a âgap in the Iron Curtainâ. Between 1949 and 1961 in fact, up to 4 million had fled to the Western Germany, around 20,000 per month by 1960.