house are old policies, the page, the guns and assigned a set of dots of table 12 o. d, w. the for leonards have lots of green spaces to choose from. but this isn't just any parks. after the fall of the berlin wall in 1989, this broad section of no man's land was turned into a recreational area, the modem that takes us to this week's topic and to the starting point of my tour. i'll be following the berlin wall trail. right through the heart of the city, the today i ride along the former border between east and west berlin on this spike, following the line of the berlin wall. i would like to see what remains of the

history of the division of europe, germany, and brilliant. so i'm starting here in mo, apart going through the britain and birthdate, and then all the way to the east side gallery. let's go the, my 1st stop on the berlin wall trail is the memorial side on down and washed off it . it's the 1st stop for anybody wanting to learn more about the cities division, rust colored poles, and sections of the walls, mark the location of the former border. the here is section of the wall has been reconstructed as it was during the division. the viewing platforms provides the best view of the board of ford applications,

true dimensions. business sell that appeared up to 1989. the main and in our walls with the depth strip in between last year over a 1000000 people visited the berlin bowl memorial on the west, austin, it includes this documentation centered his story and how not bad god showed me around the permanent exhibition even. okay, so what can we display historical objects here that are important because they allow for an immediate experience, especially for visitors who don't know much about it, who don't know the details about the bed and who a busy the me so on the tie can hear we see pieces of home, a diving equipment that who that hard line used for his escape in 1963 and sometimes i see the notes type. why did the burden will even exist to them?

why did they put up a wall through a city that isn't that you and a complex? that's a very complicated question. but if you want the short answer, i'd have to say that it became clear off to the sounding of east and west germany in 1949. that 2 different political systems would become established. and then they'd have a situation of mass exit is the same. it's have you have them wouldn't one done because they were many people who wanted to escape east germany in the 19 fifties and it culminated in the building of the war and then it was a consequence of this exodus youth. i'm as a demo of our, i know for good to go for the goals and how did the walls spend for so long as i b m. yeah, i was because it was a manifestation of an entire system, especially to the f i out east germany was integrated into the system of east and block states. and so it was dependent on developments they got up as not until the 1980, as well as the developments such that a little bit of opening was possible. and this of it when you, when we're done,

you will help m as in as noon. but of course, it was the east gym and citizens who took the decisive steps towards toppling the wall here in eddie to add up to what i could find. having dusty my one to get to spend one to how do you teach such a complex subject to someone who has no connection with berlin, who perhaps comes from south america or asia and then learns about the wall here. my wife here. yeah, there might have left some i'm waiting for one, we do it through the historical science classes because we took very specifically about what happened on bell? no, as tom says, so it's very clear that the bell and we'll split the street into 2 parts by time because if i, i, so one side of the street belong to each spelling on the other side to west been and another size. and i just want to invest funding those have you had everything that made up the cold? well, in general was condensed. here. i think i can take a consignment, have it. thank you so much. my pleasure and thank you bye

. press on toward the city center following the rivers pretty here behind what's now the government quarter. the river marked the border between east and west until 1989 but it was guarded just as closely as elsewhere as these white crosses on the banks testify. many escape attempts here ended in depth. the the brandenburg gate stands as a symbol of germany's reunification. until the fall of the wall, it symbolized the very opposite. it was a part of the death strip right by the berlin wall. the, do you know what this gate re presents?

no, not really. do you know where the berlin wall was? almost here. i. that's what this is. my guess is that it was here around here. 7. do you know where the wall ran into it? but if the back there behind the gauge, there's a line on the ground on the consolidated, you'll get the meeting and be soon i've been there like it and my wisdom understand where all we now in east or west berlin invoice us. i'm here in the west in the east. yes. the supports there were you service, you need to know what the brand number of dates of dance fargo? no, i just got here. oh is this my 1st time here? i actually did not know the area a couple. it's a symbol of germany's reunification though it is because so the ammonia is exactly . oh, very good. the one of the obligatory sites in berlin connected with its division in the fall off,

the wall is obviously check point shortly. it can hardly be missed with all the tourists and how about the around it? the visa, large form of photos summarize the most important points about the form of border crossing or east and west faced off told to to under high attention i continue on our requests for traces of germany's divisions along the berlin wall . it's fall in 1989. what's the 1st big step toward reunification? an impressive frederick is the longest section of the berlin wall still standing in the east side gallery. a few weeks after the fall off the wall, $118.00 artists from $21.00 countries and gathered to paint this section. the pictures are expressions of a new era building and hint at the emotions,

fears and hopes that inspired the wallet from any visible traces in berlin and not just in the central tourist spots, there are less on known places that have come back into their own ones such a waste, this is quite specs and goes back until november 1989. it was part of the death stripped. the water was gone. the base and filled in with rubble and topped with board or fortifications. after the fall of the wall, the urban green space around the inner beacon was restored. it's a good place to end my journey along the berlin wall trail. the i've seen a lot and i've learned a lot,

and i think it's quite good to focus on. one topic is covering berlin by following the path of the berlin wall. that takes you right through the heart of the capital . you have a chance to catch some sightseeing highlights, and at the same time you can learn a lot about the city's history. what do you want more? bye, bye. see you. next time you're on checking the

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