Walter Ulbricht

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Walter Ulbricht born?June 30, 1893
2. Where was Walter Ulbricht born?Leipzig, Germany
3. When did Walter Ulbricht die?August 1, 1973
4. Who was Walter Ulbricht?Walter Ulbricht was a leader of East Germany who helped build the country and later built the Berlin Wall.
5. Why did Walter Ulbricht build the Berlin Wall?He built the Berlin Wall to stop many East Germans from leaving for the West, which he thought would keep the country stable.

Weimar Republic: The democratic government of Germany between the end of World War I and the rise of Nazi Germany.
German Democratic Republic (GDR): The official name for East Germany, a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990.
Socialist Unity Party (SED): The ruling political party of East Germany, formed by the merger of the Communist and Social Democratic parties in 1946.
Warsaw Pact: A collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955.