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Boundary Stone No. 51 – Memorial Site of the 1963 Incident

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Boundary Stone No. 51 – Memorial Site of the 1963 Incident

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Boundary Stone No. 51 – Memorial Site of the 1963 Incident

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    July 17, 2020

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    Be sure to read the newspaper clipping there from the incident at landmark No. 51! German-German history from the Cold War.
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    December 19, 2020

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    Border marker 51

    In 1963, an incident occurred at the former inner-German border near Altenburschla. Following a friendly conversation between East German border guards and an international youth group visiting …
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    July 20, 2023

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    In 1963 there was a border accident here in which two East German soldiers were seriously injured by mines. Help came from the west: three men risked their lives so that the seriously injured could be treated quickly. There is more information on the way.
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