The former border strip in Berlin-Steinstücken
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
May 1 1990
Berlin-Steinstücken
Duration: ca 12 Min min.
Created By:
Christine KrügerLicense: Not Creative Commons
From the Set
The partially cleared border strip in Berlin-Steinstücken (
Wikipedia article, retrieved on January 6, 2010), one of the ten West-Berliner exclaves while the Wall was up; a watchtower and the inner Eastern wall in the right background
Depicts
cleared border strip,
inner-Eastern Wall,
May Day,
nature,
remains of the Wall,
watchtowerbicycle,
construction of the Wall,
fall of the Berlin Wall,
hope,
houses,
leisure time,
luckiness,
May Day,
savings bank,
sorrowPlaces
Berlin-SteinstückenRelated
Original Caption
"Border troop soldiers regularly raked the sandy border strip so as to quickly spot any possible escapee footprints. But many people still managed to escape the GDR from here, including border soldiers themselves."
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