I will also take a virtual journey through time and discover a tunnel dug to help people escape east germany. Ah, for 28 years, the wall divided berlin. It kept families and friends apart and brought great suffering upon the people. There was heavy surveillance and many escape attempts from east to west and tragically there were 8 Border Crossings between east and west berlin. One of them was this one visit book on november 9th of 1989. The day the wall came down this quarter crossing at Bonham Estrada was the 1st to open and the news spread like wild fire in just one hour. 20000 people crossed from east berlin to the west. Legally, that is and to this day, this is one of the greatest moments in darwin. History. With this commemorative, stone was built out of an original piece of the wall. And the wall trail has thoroughly transformed the area to day. This is a paradise for cyclists. 3rd nature lovers, but until 1989. This was the death to strip a no mans land between east and west berlin. The wall was 155 kilometers long and enclosed west berlin. So ive got a lot to cover, but i wont be doing it on foot. You can find these kinds of scooters on every corner nowadays. You just need an app. And off we go. Ah, my 1st stop is brandenburg gate. Its definitely berlins most famous monument and a symbol for freedom. During the cold war, it was right behind the border in the soviet sector of the city. Buddies up lots is to day a popular spot for tourists from around the world. But back in the day it was off limits to the public its difficult to imagine, but up until 32 years ago, there were surveillance towers and tank traps. Here with an app called mal a are, you can see exactly where the wall used to run just one day later, 1st wall was built a company as a 2 decades of decision like ah, with moving on to pop up, a lively transportation help with skyscrapers, Hotels Office buildings and restaurants when germany was divided, this was actually the broadest stretch of the death strip. Almost all buildings and the militarized zone were torn down. And here too, you can find remnants of the wall and this is, are you. We the most famous remaining part of the berlin wall, the east side gallery, and the longest 1. 3 kilometers run along the reverse plate. After the walking down 118 artist from 21 countries painted the eastern side of the wall, the most famous works are the tub buns grasping through the wall and the fraternal kits between leona blacksmith and ada konica. Not far from here, the old bound bridge crosses displayed back in the day and was the only way to get from crowds burke in the west, the phoenix time in the east. But lets back up here for a 2nd and go back to the beginning. Why was the berlin wall built in the 1st place thats getting caught up . Ah, in europe, the 2nd world war ended with the defeat of nazi germany in 1945 at the sicilian hope Country House on august 1st 1945. The allied powers signed the potsdam agreement. In it, they split germany into for occupation zones. Yet soon, differences emerged between the allies. The british, french, and american sounds became democratic. While the soviet zone turned into a separate state, east germany the german capital berlin was also divided into sectors and lay like an island in the middle of east german territory. But as to many of its citizens were plain to west berlin, east germany decided to strengthen its borders. On august, 13th, 1961. Construction of the berlin wall began. It was designed to keep the east germans from leaving their country. Yet it was the west berliners who found themselves walled in on all sides. But the allies demonstrated their solidarity, including then u. S. President , john f. Kennedy and the world of freedom. The broadest post is age, been, im really, ah, though it remained a symbolic gesture. As the allies tacitly accepted the wall. Over the years, it was strengthened and came to symbolize what looked to be germanys eternal division. A situation that lasted for 28 years until Peaceful Demonstrations led to the collapse of the communist system on november 9th, 1989. Ah. Next stop checkpoint charlie the most famous Border Crossing here. I mean, Susanna Mueller of the berlin wall memorial dont. Can anybody this page or you can see how huge this quadrant crossing was . It stretched over 2 locks on, had various truck and station asked here yet the allies guard house always retained its provisional form, light, frame construction made from lord or later, a metal container. Lots of symbolism and lots of irony. The only thing remaining here to day is a replica of this provisional allied control booth. The g d r is massive. Border complex as long gotten had lined lin checkpoint charlie, so famous wine has everybody who comes to berlin heard of it. They love written com, the fake one chinese, like charlie became famous due to an event that took place here 60 years ago. In october 1961, american and silvia tearing spiced off your during the hottest phase of the cold, or those images went around the world give and made this place famous. And that fame has lasted to this day. Even get the other, are a lot of tourists around, its a huge attraction. Its named in every berlin guide. But there are identical voices to alleging that it has become a sort of disneyland that it had little to do with the history of the place in how do you feel about that caddy just or the snack bars and souvenir shops we see here are the downside of the big draw this place has on tourists. Luckily there are all sol attractions. Building was its history. So an open air gallery on a construction fence also on the black box, cold war exhibition of, of, and i though they were all designed as temporary attractions until there was something permanent. But this temporary state has lasted 10 years. So something really must happen here. Now, buffy did send, are there any plans that you believe are aiming in the right direction to go to the store . Since i, once i would, under all of that plan, has been approvals, plans this plan, stipulate isnt they should bill to open bases . I feel and that one can be used to construct a museum, but there are plenty of museums immersive experiences and the exhibitions on the wall to be discovered around berlin. Here are a couple of ideas. So get your note pads out and start planning your next trip. To the city and alma, despite co, a mini submarine with a bicycle poet engine, and a homemade hall table. The ingenious devices, people used to escape east germany. A ronald display of a wool museum of checkpoint charlie. Oh. Just a stones throw away is the assisi panorama. A bull here. People can get a glimpse into what life was like in the shadow of the death stream. In his 900 square meter, 360 degree panorama, altogether ga cc to pix, what the divided berlin looked like on a gray november day in the 1980s. What ive experienced most, everything you see here, i didnt need to research session. It was all in my head, amidst the rundown gray building facades. There were many details just waiting to be discovered. Shakun off the guys out, theyll have go spun practices. What ive just seen, defies imagination. I mean, ive seen the images on t v. Here. Youre at the heart of it, youre in it. I must say its fascinating. Hacienda. The palace of tears was the name given to the former Border Crossing at berlins frederick straw station. Here east germans said good bye to loved ones who are returning to the west, or leaving the g. D o for good. The tears that were shed gave the place its name. Personal stories are at the heart of the exhibition shown here. Meanwhile, the German Spy Museum in berlin. Lets visit a slip into the shadow. We world of the secret services from both east and west to political tourists come to berlin due to its history. And especially during the cold war, espionage played a major role in this by capital. And course of all along with the methods employed by secret agents during the cold war. Museum visitors also learn about the past, present, and future of intelligence. Even touching on side as mine with the allied museum focuses on the western powers who have present in berlin for close to 50 years. Highlights include a british transporter across used in the berlin airlift. And the restored berlin spy tunnel. Ah, there are tons of opportunities to find out more about the wall. Ive decided to check out a virtual journey in time. The Art Technology will take me back to 19 eighties for lead. Time right is structured in 4 parts. First you get a quick introduction in the lobby. Then you get to peek through the wall and get a glimpse of life on both sides. Next to each other, the worlds a party. Ah, life in east berlin, the east german capital. Its the calling card for german socialism. Life in west berlin, an island with an east germany, enclosed by a wall in the next room. These huge passports dive deeper into the different experiences people had at the time. Yeah, thats my sound from west berlin. You can choose between 3 characters. One of them will let you see the following tour through their eyes. Made me mood. You liked the time, trouble with them. Ill take them rebellious west berlin. Her name is cheyenne the other regime. So i put on a v. R had said and traveled back into the past on the virtual bugs, it takes us across checkpoint, charlie into east berlin. We drive along free lease plaza and end our journey at the seat of the east german parliament. The building was demolished in 2635000 tons of the structural steel were recycled in the construction of 2 bies burst khalifa. This really goes to show that the berlin wall was so much more than just a wall. It was a 4 trips, dividing 2 realities that cut through the heart of the city like a knife and that is still very apparent at the berlin wall. Memorial ad banna was truss located in the heart of the capital. The berlin wall memorial is the main place of remembrance of germanys former division. The construction of the wall devastated the lives of many and left its mark on there. Now i strasser. Traces of which are still visible to day. Here you can see the last remaining section of the border installations in it, spatial death, complete with the wall, watch tower, and death strip and open air exhibition informs people about the history of a divided germany using ban. I washed asa as an example. The memorial site includes the chapel of reconciliation. It was built on the foundations of the church of reconciliation, which was blown up by east German Authorities in 1985 at the wall memorials Documentation Center visitors can learn about the political and historical events that led to the building of the wall. Its eventual fall and german reunification learn from the viewing platform. He can also get a good overview of this site itself. Ban hours chassis saw plenty of escape attempts. The group belinda on tibetan or berlin underworld organizes thematic tours. The ban allister also on both sides. Walter were entirely in the french sector under but the border run along the edge of the building. What is the Property Line . On the wall went up on august 13 on the east German Police came and locked the door in doors from the inside unless a residence could only enter their properties. With apologies behind them, the wooden inflamed regional coils west berlin was so close in, but suddenly unreachable, the resulting desperation, but many to jump out of their windows. The escape of 77 year old fleet. I shoulda was especially dramatic dogs in the um youll watch darzy broke down her door when when she wanted to jump on. I tried to pull her back into her flat about that these 2 students down below, valiantly jumped up, grabbed her legs and pulled till she fell into the life net of the burning fire department. Through the basement of an old brewery, we reached the reconstruction of a very elaborate escaped tunnel. They had fresh air supply electricity cables and phone lines. This little card allowed the tunnel builders to bring out the debris. With the help of the escape facilitators from back in the day, the people here also tried building a tunnel themselves of around 70 projects. Only 19 were successful. This is really impressive. And just imagining that you had people crossing with all their belongings and a child or their children is really incredible. So most tunnels lead from west to east and ran as deep as possible. So the communist intelligence wouldnt be able to detect them with their acoustic tracking devices. What did people do with a degree . It must have been hard to hide. We have like a 2nd. The of the earth had to be stored in the cellar where they did the digging off, but were a 1st launch seller and was it hello, were in the end. Just narrow pathways for mileage they dumped the earth behind wooden walls which reached the ceiling. It was a real captain, mouse came between which darcy border gotten the escape held, hustled, sometimes one side, one, sometimes the other but not all the tunnels here are replicas along the lines of thorns. The original escaped tunnel. Huh. If you are calling trying to flee the d d r, there were 2 possible scenarios, an a you were shot by Border Patrol or b. You were incarcerated until 1989. Some 11000 people were remanded to berlins notorious horn. Sure. Hows imprison . Ah, berlin owen shone. Hows him to day the form of prisons is a memorial soon as he says to lot 47 years ago, edition hats south time here as a political prisoner to me. This name as i was here for almost half a year and i was as a year and 2 and a half years at horner. Enjoy back in the or mountains and in what was back then. His germanys worst womens prison in 1974 shone hands was an east german. T. V star with the show will examine how the working class is adapting to its growing leadership role based on 2 stories. But the face of each german t. V didnt believe in the communist parties ideas while on holiday in budapest edition, had visited the west. German embassy made inquiries about emigrating and was arrested when it might as well run for 11. 12 for 5 months. I didnt know what had happened to them, and they sh. Darcy wasnt obliged to tell me housed at a former prison can operated by the soviet secret police, horn shown housman was the stars, his main pre trial detention center, from 1951 to 1999. After the war went up, most of those held here were people who tried to leave east germany like edition house today, she leads tor groups. Through the memorial, she shows them the unassuming delivery van in which she, too, was brought here disguised as a bakery van. Its interior contained 5 prism sounds. While in the 19 sixtys physical torture was no longer employed, the stars he had other ways of tormenting its victims, including isolation and degradation. What he and her hears, number 104 law. That was my cell. While you were sitting there brooding, contemplating, or crying, the flap would fly open and some one would scream into it. This isnt a sanatorium sit down on the stool, but dont lean just a taste. A day has 24 hours and i was allowed to spend from 10 at night till 6 in the morning lying in bed. The rest of the time id sit on the stool or pace back and forth when i wasnt being interrogated. Edition hertz was sentenced to 3 years in jail. And after that, it took another 2 years before she was allowed to leave these germany, the stars he left an indelible mark on her life. But she refused to become their victim. Isnt it . I have no anger or hayden me, because then theyd have achieved what they wanted to destroy my life and in such dirt. So i never let that happen. Later in the western edition house resumed her career hosting shows on bavarian tv the wall has not only scarred berliners and has of course, also left its marks in the city scape, often only a line of 2 cobblestone serves as a reminder of the border that used to divide the city, but at mala park the true extent of the death strip becomes apparent. Here im meaning chris charlesworth, back of the eightys. She lived in west berlin. She moved back to her native u. K, and returned to berlin in 2013. Now shes part of the friends of mallet pock association. What makes this place mal impact so specialty . In other words, the translation thats happened here its, i just think its incredible. A, you know, this, that germans called it the death stretch. It was the space between the 2 walls, between those 2 walls was everything about death, it will and oh, attack dogs and armed guards patrolling. And it was about keeping people apart. It was, it was just awful. The 1st time i came into this price, i just, i couldnt believe it, or i didnt actually realize it had been landscaped into a park. I was just amazed, so i instantly started to research about, is there anybody who takes care of the place for this . The place and i found the friends mo, pump. What do the friends of mouth park do we try and look after not just trees for me. We looked up the trees as well to some extent on the playground season. But we also try and preserve the spirit of the place, and that excites me so much, but just fight it. This place is now everything that it wasnt before. And instead of worrying about separating people, keeping them up parts about death, its about bringing people together. Its about life as well. And as you can see, that feeling is shared by many others. For 28 years, the wall divided the city in berlin, germany and the entire world. This period of time will never be forgotten and it shouldnt be because remembering its crucial to keep the past from repeating itself. So if you ever happen to find yourself in berlin, make sure to take some time to explore the history of the wall and then a little deeper into berlins fascinating history. We only just started scratching the surface the next time somewhere in germany. Ah ah ah ah ah, ah, with ah, the buddha of bomb yan destroyed by the taliban in 2001 shock waves around the world. Will history repeat itself a year after islamists took over afghanistan, attacking Cultural Heritage has been a tried strategy since the dawn of culture. Fear is not on the found extinguishing culture wipes out. Hes doing arch 21. Next on d, w, it looks like a c p, sun wheels, but perhaps it could be electric car for the entire world. B, a, c. M. City one. Affordable, flexible, uncomplicated, developed in germany. Usable way ever. Theres a conventional household socket. Plug and play red. In 60 minutes on d w ah, she listen carefully. Dont know how those 2 things you need to do, go ah, feel the magic discover the world around you. Subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. With 1st time that i saw it was in 2004 as a video and i really cried about it. And thats why i decided to is sadie or geology