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East and 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 – 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 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 . 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 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, 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