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Watchtower in Mödlareuth

OBJECT INFORMATION

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December 24 1989
Mödlareuth
Created By: Erich Seitz

License: Creative Commons License

Watchtower in the divided village of Mödlareuth (Wikipedia article, retrieved on June 11, 2009) that was known as 'Little Berlin': The Inner German border ran right through the center of the small village of approx. 50 inhabitants and in 1966 GDR border troops erected a concrete wall there similar to the Berlin Wall. A border crossing for foot traffic was opened on 9 December 1989.

Depicts

border strip, inner German border, one person, watchtower, woman

Places

Mödlareuth

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Original Caption

"Watchtower, the Wall in the background and West Mödlareuth."