The history of the Berlin Wall: from watch towers to concrete mills and world history
The history of the Berlin Wall: from watch towers to concrete mills and world history
concrete, death strips, watch towers : For 28 years, the border facilities of the GDR were part of the everyday life of the shared Berlin. Understandable that after the peaceful revolution of 1989 Concrete mills were. A large part was shredded into material for road construction. Abroad, on the other hand, interest grew to bring a piece of world history into their own environment with a piece of the wall.
29 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, parts of the GDR border facilities are distributed all over the world. According to a report by the daily mirror, wall pieces are in the Vatican, Hawaii and even in the garden of Heidi Klum. But also in Berlin itself can be found in the remains of the wall that are reminiscent of the moving history of the city. In various districts such as Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, sections of the wall were received as monuments. These serve as important tourist attractions and remind the Berliners of the division and the peaceful revolution of 1989.
according to a report by www.tagesspiegel.de ,
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