Bezirksverwaltung für Staatssicherheit Leipzig
In Leipzig, in the old building of the Bezirksverwaltung für Staatssicherheit (Stasi) now houses a museum that recalls the history of this building and the (dark side of) Stasi in the GDR.
Tagged: Borders
Trains during the cold war.
During the (1st) Cold War, Berlin was divided into 4 parts. British, American, French and Russian. Between the Russian zone and the other zones was the border (the Berlin wall), but also around the...
Tränenpalast - exit hall at the former Friedrichstrasse railway station DDR border crossing
Next to Friedrichstraße (Berlin) station is the old entrance building to the platforms for the tracks that went from West to East Berlin
Checkpoint Bravo
Most of you are familiar with Checkpoint Charlie… (The guardhouse in Berlin), Checkpoint Alpha might just be known (Marienborn Helmstedt), but Checkpoint Bravo? Most people don't know that. To make it a bit clearer, a short intro...
Hötensleben border monument
In Hotensleben there is still a piece of the former East / West German border. Special is that this part of the border was / is right next to the village.
A Russian army base in former East Germany
In the former East Germany there are still some old army bases ... In this case, it concerns the abandoned army base "Heeresversuchsanstalt Hillersleben", which was built in 1935. Entire villages ...
Emsland Moor / Peat Museum
In the middle of what was once Europe's largest high peat area, the Bourtanger Moor / Bourtanger Marsh, the Emsland Moor (peat) Museum is located in the immediate vicinity of the Dutch border. This peat area is huge ....
Exhibition - The tangible DDR - Hoorn NL
The Museum of the 20th Century in Hoorn had a nice exhibition about the former GDR. Well worth it! It's a great museum anyway. If you like “the old days” and “as it used to be at home” it is actually a “must” to visit.
Col de Larche
Some car journeys remain special…. It started with “I don't feel like toll roads, so let's see if it can also be done without a toll road”… and then you suddenly drive here….
Border Crossing Helmstedt - Marienborn
Checkpoint Alpha was located on the border between (former) East and West Germany. Unfortunately, the "west" side has almost disappeared, but on the east side there is still a large part of the old border...
