PS:  I put "Antifacist Protection Wall"  in brackets but the headline doesnt show it for whatever reason :)

 

It is of course the terminology the Communist Leadership of Eastern Germany. 

 

 Auf dem Priwall, 1986   (Area of Sea-border between West and East Germany)

 

 Priwall, 2009

 

 

 Bunker at Mustin, 1984

 

 The same place, 2007.  The bunker has been replaced by the "drive slowly" sign.

 

 Border Post at Schlutup, 1982. (near Lübeck)

 

 traffic at Schüttrup in summer 2009. No signs of the border post left.

 

 

 End of the Autobahn, 1982.  Crossing from Bavaria to Plauen, photo taken in autumn 1982.

 

 

Autobahn bei Hof, 2007.

 

 Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, 1982

 

 

 Checkpoint Charlie 2007.

 

 Split village of Zicherie 1982. 

 

 Marksman-fest in Zicherie, members of the reunited village march from West to East on first July 2009.

 

 

 Border at Junkernkuppe, 1984  (near Erfurt)

 

 Junkerkuppe, 2009

 

 Pariser Platz , 1989

 

 Pariser Platz, February 2008.

 

 

 rememberance to Peter Fechter, who was shot trying to cross the border in 1962.

 

 Same place 2009 (engravement in the pillar is on the other side)

 

 

 B5 border crossing near Horst, 1990.

 

spring 2007

 

 

Border near Eichholz, 1984   (sign reads:  on the other side is also Germany)

 

 Former border at Eichholz, 2004.

 

 

 At the riverside of the Spree in Berlin, 1982: crosses for border-victims

 

 At the Spree, 2008:  The newly build Government-Area of the reunited Germany.

 

 Bernauer Street, 1982

 

 2008

 

 Destroyed bridge over the Elbe River, 1984  (destroyed in the last days of 1945 - first bridge to be rebuild after reunification 1992)

 

 2004

 

 "Stop !  Here Border !" 1984

 

 Today the Area is a soccer field. 2006

 

 

 Oberbaumbrücke, 1987

 

 Oberbaumbrücke, 2006

 

 

 Bordercrossing Oebisfelde, 1982

 

 

Railroad line at Oebisfelde, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice post Nasty.

 

 

 

 

 

The fact that I've heard so little about German unification over the past few years must mean that I either have far more limited sources of international news than I should, or, the Germans have managed this incredible effort with real skill and political maturity.

 

Either way, great post. 

Some more:

 

View on Potsdamer Platz 1984

 

 

 2007

 

 

Border river between Lübeck and Radeburger See

 

 Today the Autobahn crosses the Spot (2007)

 

 

 View on Hötensleben, 1983

 

Free View on the Town in 2006

 

 

The Wall at Zimmerstrasse, Berlin 1982

 

 Zimmerstrasse in 2009.

 

In my opinion, these pictures show the whole stupidity and madness of the Wall ... 

Great post.

 

I vividly remember crossing Checkpoint Charlie in 88. What has become of it?

Checkpoint Charlie during the Cuba Crisis  (you see the Soviet Tanks that face the US tanks in the background)

 

 

 This is how the street looks today. (not much left of anything besides a sign and a sandsack barrier marking the Spot.   But there is a Checkpoint Charlie Museum directly located on the spot round the corner.  A quite good one I might add, because they have lots of historical stuff from people who fled the wall in balloons, boats, a full, self armored  truck that someone used (successfully) to break through a Checkpoint and so on ...

 

 

 It shows a Russian soldier from the western and an American soldier from the eastern side so that you know from which direction you are looking.