• What the world saw as the Berlin Wall was actually two concrete barriers with a 160-yard "death strip" in between that included watchtowers, trenches, runs for guard dogs, flood lights and ...

by Rick Steves, December 16, 2024 | Remaining segments of the Berlin Wall provide a reminder of the impact this 30-year-long division had on peoples' lives. Read more here.

In that capacity, I attended a ceremony to reopen the Heiland church, on the Havel River, which had been closed for years because it was located in the “death strip” area close to the wall.

For nearly 30 years the Berlin Wall divided Germany’s biggest city in two, just as a heavily fortified fence cut all of East Germany off from the West. Within Berlin the border consisted of a ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification in 1990 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Sandwiched between was a no-man’s-land (“death strip”) between 10 and 50 yards wide, patrolled by sentry towers spaced along the length of the wall.

Then Now 8 The Berlin Wall running along Niederkirchner Street, photographed in 1988 Then Now 9 A car patrolling the "death strip" along Bernauer Street in 1989 ...

Otherwise, the Wall has largely disappeared now and much of the former “death strip” — between the exterior wall that faced West Berlin and an interior wall that faced east — has been ...

Otherwise, the Wall has largely disappeared now and much of the former “death strip” — between the exterior wall that faced West Berlin and an interior wall that faced east — has been ...

The next year, he cycled around the Berlin Wall again––this time along the 100- to 300-foot-wide former “death strip” between the two main barriers of the wall. This is where East Germans ...

The concierge team of the Hotel de Rome is offering a range of experiences around the city, from biking tours along the “Berlin Wall Death Strip”, and tours in an East German Trabant car ...