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Sperrzone Memorial Stone Arendsee

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Sperrzone Memorial Stone Arendsee

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  • Location: Arendsee (Altmark), Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Altmark, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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    March 19, 2025

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    As a result of the tightening of the GDR's border regime in 1952, the area around Lake Arendsee was located within the newly established five-kilometer exclusion zone along the inner-German …
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    September 3, 2024

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    Attention, restricted area!
    A completely different picture emerges on the northern shore of Lake Arendsee. While holidaymakers are enjoying their holidays across the street, border guards are patrolling the restricted area. It is only five kilometers to the state border that separates the east from the west of the republic. There are checkpoints everywhere. Without an ID and a pass, you cannot go any further.


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    from this point the 5km exclusion zone began. Only authorized persons were allowed in. There was a checkpoint here, everyone was checked here by the Volkspolizei (VoPo)
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    Location: Arendsee (Altmark), Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Altmark, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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