East German Border Memorial – Thuringian Forest Nature Park
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This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Thüringer Wald
Location: Thuringia, Germany
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Traces of the GDR border
On July 7, 1964, around 8:00 p.m., 37-year-old porcelain maker Fritz Zapf from Piesau (Neuhaus district) was shot at this point.
The two shooters fired 31 shots at the target. For this Willi K. (21 years) and Manfred P. (25) received the "badge of achievement of the border troops" of the GDR:
You would have behaved excellently, a border violator "destroyed with targeted fire".
Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the district court
Meiningen sentenced to eleven months' imprisonment, suspended for probation. (... from information board)translated by
•August 1, 2020
these display boards are really very interesting and informative
translated by•August 25, 2024
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