Dog Run Facility of the GDR Border Security

Dog Run Facility of the GDR Border Security

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Dog Run Facility of the GDR Border Security

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Location: Geisa, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany

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May 18, 2020

Road cycling

The dog walker was used to block free unmanageable areas or aisles. In addition to the rope systems, there were also fenced systems with free-running dogs.

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Michel ✔

April 1, 2024

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Dogs were used that could move along 100 to 200 m long sections of a taut steel cable and thus draw attention to movements within their field of vision by barking.
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de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundelaufanlage#:~:text=Hundelaufanlagen%20an%20der%20innerdeutschen%20Border,-Merkblatt%20zum%20DDR&text=Es%20werden%20Dogs%20used%2C%20die,mit% 20Barking%20attention%20attention%20could.

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Ol Gott

January 8, 2022

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The old border fortifications are fascinating, terrifying and a warning!

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Location: Geisa, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany

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