Until 1989, the almost 1400-kilometer-long inner-German border (also known as the German-German border) prevented residents of the German Democratic Republic from visiting the Federal Republic of Germany or leaving it …

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For forty years, a border divided Germany into two states. The GDR built border fortifications stretching almost 1,400 kilometers, which were gradually expanded into a death strip. The Stasi was firmly involved in securing this "anti-fascist protective wall."

Source: bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/online-entdecken/staatssicherheit/innerdeutsche-grenze

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Location: Geisa, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany

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