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The Foundation runs six sites in the Berlin metropolitan area. Admission is free. The sites focus primarily on the following topics: history of German division and the Berlin Wall, flight and emigration from the GDR, victims of the Berlin Wall, Berlin Wall art and Checkpoint Charlie. Overview More @Wikipedia
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- Foundation Homepage | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner MauerThe Foundation runs six sites in the Berlin metropolitan area. Admission is free. The sites focus primarily on the following topics: history of German division and the Berlin Wall, flight and emigration from the GDR, victims of the Berlin Wall, Berlin Wall art and Checkpoint Charlie. Overview
- The Berlin Wall | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner MauerThe 155-kilometer-long Berlin Wall, which cut through the middle of the city center, surrounded West Berlin from August 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989. The Wall was designed to prevent people from escaping to the West from East Berlin.
- The Berlin Wall on Mühlenstrasse: 1961-1989It resembled the “Border Wall 75” that usually faced West Berlin. The 3.5-meter-high wall elements were meant to obstruct the view of the death strip. The historic relics on Mühlenstrasse give an impression of how increased security measures and ongoing expansion of the Berlin Wall made the border increasingly invincible.
- Research Projects | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner MauerThe Berlin Wall Foundation holds a large collection of interviews with former border guards. These serve as the basis for a project begun in 2021 that examines the connection between the politics, individual and collective memory in light of ongoing debates about the shortcomings of the unification process and the disregard of East German ...
- Bernauer Strasse | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner MauerTen people died in the area around the Berlin Wall Memorial in connection with the border GDR regime. These deaths all occurred in the 1960s. Nine people suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross the border grounds: Four were shot by border guards and five died after jumping down from border houses on Bernauer Strasse.
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