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20 Years On, a Street Recalls the Berlin Wall
Nov 6th 2009 – 10:28AM
BERLIN (Nov. 6) -- Astrid Kaiser still trembles when she remembers being frisked as a child by Red Army guards at the fortified border on Bernauer Strasse, where communist East Germany first began erecting the Berlin Wall on Aug. 13, 1961. "They even searched my doll carriage," says Kaiser, now 58. "I still feel uneasy...
Background on Mauerpark
Mauerpark is a public park in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district. The name translates to "Wall Park", referring to its status as a former part of the Berlin Wall and its Death Strip.
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