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Berlin Wall - First time the colloquial term Mauer (wall) had been used in this context

Time: Thursday Jun 15, 1961

Place: East Germany, Germany

Details: On 15 June 1961, First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party and GDR State Council chairman Walter Ulbricht stated in an international press conference, "Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Mauer zu errichten!" (No one has the intention of erecting a wall!). It was the first time the colloquial term Mauer (wall) had been used in this context.

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