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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

    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

      Boundary stone 51
      In 1963 there was an incident at what was then the inner-German border near Altenburschla. After a friendly conversation between GDR border guards and an international group of young people who were visiting the border on Mainz heads, the two border guards were injured by mines. Since no help was available on the part of the GDR, three soldiers, two West Germans and one British, at the risk of their lives pulled the seriously injured across the border. After a stay in hospital in Eschwege, the soldiers were able to return to the GDR. The incident took place two years after the Wall was built and aroused great interest from the domestic and foreign press. Further explanations about the incident can be found on an information board on Premiumweg. (..v. information board)

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        July 20, 2023

        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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