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East and West Berlin West and East
Wall length between between length Wall
2m high 2m
27
miles
Wire-mesh fence Wire-mesh Dog Patrols Dog
Barbed wire Barbed
ground Anti-vehicle ditch Anti-vehicle
warning device warning
3.6m
Planted in the the in Planted Some fi tted with electric electric with tted fi Some
armed guards armed
Bunker
Steel stakes Steel wire-mesh fence wire-mesh
Patrol vehicles and and vehicles Patrol WEST
Concrete wall/ Concrete
Border patrols Border
Concrete slab wall slab Concrete
up to 100m to up
the fi rst wall/fence rst fi the Located next to to next Located
13 TH AUGUST 1961 – 9 TH NOVEMBERtower Watch 1989
tell the story of Berlin and the movement towards freedom. towards movement the and Berlin of story the tell
and the Berlin Wall Memorial Site and Documentation Center Documentation and Site Memorial Wall Berlin the and
memorial for freedom is made up of a series of paintings that that paintings of series a of up made is freedom for memorial
* The Centre for Research on Contemporary History Potsdam Potsdam History Contemporary on Research for Centre The *
of the wall stands at the East Side Gallery. This international international This Gallery. Side East the at stands wall the of
power lines attempting a hot air balloon fl ight over the wall. the over ight fl balloon air hot a attempting lines power
More than a kilometre in length, the largest remaining stretch stretch remaining largest the length, in kilometre a than More
was in March 1989 when an East German citizen crashed into into crashed citizen German East an when 1989 March in was machine guns, along with numerous other defences. other numerous with along guns, machine
powerful symbol of a once divided city. city. divided once a of symbol powerful
below her fourth-fl oor East Berlin apartment. The last death death last The apartment. Berlin East oor fourth-fl her below watchtowers, miles of anti-vehicle trenches and trip-wire trip-wire and trenches anti-vehicle of miles watchtowers,
German re-unifi cation, it is still possible to visit this this visit to possible still is it cation, re-unifi German
22nd August 1961 in an attempt to reach a West Berlin street street Berlin West a reach to attempt an in 1961 August 22nd was the so-called ‘death strip’ which contained hundreds of of hundreds contained which strip’ ‘death so-called the was
While most traces of the wall were removed after after removed were wall the of traces most While
cross the wall.* Ida Siekmann was the fi rst to lose her life on on life her lose to rst fi the was Siekmann Ida wall.* the cross and comprised of two concrete walls. In between the walls walls the between In walls. concrete two of comprised and
THE BERLIN WALL TODAY WALL BERLIN THE
or took their own lives following unsuccessful attempts to to attempts unsuccessful following lives own their took or The barrier separating East and West Berlin was 27-miles long long 27-miles was Berlin West and East separating barrier The
WHAT WAS THE BERLIN WALL? WALL? BERLIN THE WAS WHAT An estimated 138 people were shot, suffered fatal accidents accidents fatal suffered shot, were people 138 estimated An
June 1990 and was completed by 1992. 1992. by completed was and 1990 June THE DEATH TOLL DEATH THE
The demolition offi cially commenced on 13th 13th on commenced cially offi demolition The
primarily as a means of stopping the exodus from East to West. West. to East from exodus the stopping of means a as primarily
West Berliners, digging tunnels and crawling through sewers. sewers. through crawling and tunnels digging Berliners, West served it 1961, of summer the by day a people 1,000 reaching began striking the wall with hammers and picks. picks. and hammers with wall the striking began
many more attempts with escapees hiding in cars driven by visiting visiting by driven cars in hiding escapees with attempts more many defections with but, Germany East entering from ‘fascists’ Western with some crossing freely into the West, while others others while West, the into freely crossing some with
barbed wire two days after the border had been closed. There were were There closed. been had border the after days two wire barbed keep to was purpose cial offi Its Berlin. West and East between divide citizens could cross the border. Crowds swarmed the wall wall the swarmed Crowds border. the cross could citizens
Schumann, was the fi rst to escape across a 3-foot-high roll of of roll 3-foot-high a across escape to rst fi the was Schumann, concrete and wire barbed a building began government Communist of the East German Communist Party declared that GDR GDR that declared Party Communist German East the of
19-year-old East German border guard, Corporal Conrad Conrad Corporal guard, border German East 19-year-old (GDR) Republic’s Democratic German the 1961, August 13th On The Berlin Wall fell on 9th November 1989 when the head head the when 1989 November 9th on fell Wall Berlin The
DEFIANT DEFECTORS DEFIANT CONSTRUCTION WALL BERLIN THE FALL OF THE WALL THE OF FALL THE
NOVEMBER 1989 NOVEMBER 9 – 1961 AUGUST 13
TH TH THE BERLIN WALL BERLIN THE