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Mödlareuth: A watchtower in Mödlareuth [2/4]

OBJECT INFORMATION

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December 1989
Mödlareuth (Bavaria/Karl-Marx-Stadt district, now Thuringia) border crossing
Created By: Gerhard Puchta

License: Not Creative Commons

A 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 wall, group of people, inner German border, one person, snow, Trabant (car), watchtower, woman

Places

Mödlareuth

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