Germany (1981) - The Iron Curtain - a photo on Flickriver

Germany (1981) - The Iron Curtain

            This road (or what was to be seen of it at the time we visited) leads out eastwards from Braunlage towards Oberharz am Brocken in East Germany. There was a little stream in the hollow just in front of me. The notice says: "Warning - Stream middle - Border" The wire fencing is the Iron Curtain but it is the white notice which actually marks the border, so at that point I was actually over the line.  Doesn't look all that menacing. Sources says it was about 12 to 15 ft (3.6 to 4.6 m in height) but I assure you on the East German side it was very heavily militarised.   We only spent about 10 minutes there and then cleared out - quite pleased to get away!! © David Taylor
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Taken in: Deutschland / Sachsen-Anhalt / Voigtsfelde (show map)

Taken on: November 29, 2017

Tags:

DDR

Deutsche Democratische Republik

Lüneburg

Lauenburg

Braunlage

Osterode

Harz

Travemünde

grenze

Germany

East Germany

West Germany

radar

Frühwarnsystem

1956

Cold War

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Sets appears in: • Germany (1981) - East and West - the Iron Curtain

Groups appears in: • Cold War • World War 2 and Cold War Buildings

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