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Why did so many people risk trying to cross the Berlin Wall – weren’t there less risky routes?

<span>Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features</span>
Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features

Why did so many people try to cross the heavily guarded and fortified Berlin Wall instead of the presumably less well guarded and fortified border between East and West Germany?

Richard Parmenter, Enfield

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