One of the reasons given for the population transfer of Germans from the former eastern territories of Germany was the claim that these areas had been a stronghold of the Nazi movement
पूर्व जर्मनीमधुन होणारे जर्मन नागरिकांचे पलायन थांबवणे हा ह्या भिंतीचा मुख्य उद्देश होता.