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From barbed wire to automated killing devices, the Inner German Border evolved over four decades into one of the most...
Read MoreThousands of East Germans risked — and some lost — their lives attempting to cross the fortified inner border. This...
Read MoreGermany's division was the product of Allied disagreement, Cold War ideology, and Soviet policy. Understanding why the...
Read MoreFrom preserved border crossings to the Green Belt nature trail, Germany's Inner Border memorial sites offer some of the...
Read MoreThe fall of the Wall on 9 November 1989 was the beginning, not the end. Here is the full story of how Germany went from...
Read MoreFor communities in the Sperrgebiet, the Inner German Border was not history — it was daily life. This is what it...
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The physical structure of the Inner German Border — watchtowers, minefields, death...
ExplorePersonal accounts and documented histories of those who attempted to cross the border —...
ExploreThe geopolitical context behind the inner German border — Cold War tensions, Soviet...
ExploreGuides to border memorials, museums, and preserved sections of the fortifications —...
ExploreThe fall of the Wall in 1989, the opening of the border, and the historic process of...
ExploreWhat daily life was like for communities on both sides of the inner German border — the...
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