The term fit nicely with the idea that the GDR was “the better Germany”, whose citizens were “the winners of history”. Willy Brandt, West Berlin mayor from 1957 to 1961 and chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974, hit back with his own term, referring to the wall as the Schandmauer ("wall of shame").
The former term remained in use by East German officials right up until 1989, still convinced of its purpose.
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