East BerlinWest Berlin

‘Death Strip’30 -150 m wide

155 km long

302 watchtowers

Concrete walleast side

Reinforced concrete wallwest side

Brightly lit with floodlights

Electric barbed wire fence triggered a silent signal

3.6 m tallcovered with

grafitti

Tank traps

Dog run

‘Stalin’s Lawn’beds of nails

Smooth sand strip revealed

footprints

‘Death Strip’30 -150 m wide

155 km long

302 watchtowers

Concrete walleast side

Reinforced concrete wallwest side

Brightly lit with floodlights

Electric barbed wire fence triggered a silent signal

3.6 m tallcovered with

grafitti

Tank traps

Dog run

‘Stalin’s Lawn’beds of nails

Smooth sand strip revealed

footprints

BERLIN WALL 1961 - 1989

• Guarded by more than 11 000 soldiers • 2 guards per 200 m• Border guards were authorised to shoot anyone who tried to cross to the West• 10 000 attempts to escape from East to West Berlin after Wall was built• An estimated 192 people died at the Wall

• Guarded by more than 11 000 soldiers • 2 guards per 200 m• Border guards were authorised to shoot anyone who tried to cross to the West• 10 000 attempts to escape from East to West Berlin after Wall was built• An estimated 192 people died at the Wall

Built by the German Democratic Republic (aka East Germany), the Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from

1961 to 1989.

Built by the German Democratic Republic (aka East Germany), the Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from

1961 to 1989.

www.halsbury.com/historyBringing history to life.