there was 100 guards on duty at the time... they were all killed
it is part of the Berlin Wall that was patrolled by body guards. (prior info found here <http://berlin-Germany.ca/wall/deathstrip.html>)
it is part of the Berlin Wall that was patrolled by body guards. (prior info found here <http://berlin-germany.ca/wall/deathstrip.html>)
Concrete, barbed wire, mines, Guards, guard dogs, and a fence.
They didn't have much of a choice: The government decided to end travel restrictions, and with the end of those restrictions the Berlin Wall became to the East Germans as much an atrocity as it was for us in the West.
Most people were afraid to challenge the Berlin Wall, because the eastern side of it had armed guards with a clear view of the wall and orders to shoot to kill. Despite this, about 100 people were killed trying to cross the wall and escape from communism into freedom.
because the wall was in the city Berlin
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin was the city divided by the Berlin Wall.
Berlin Wall
They called the Berlin Wall "The Wall of Shame."
The Berlin wall