{"id":9104,"date":"2014-01-02T21:40:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T20:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=9104"},"modified":"2025-07-27T14:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:59:43","slug":"berlin-wall-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2014\/berlin-wall-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I came to Berlin I only <a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2013\/12\/16\/berlin-wall\/\">saw a small section<\/a> of the former wall separating East and West Berlin. I was told by others that I should look for some of the better preserved sections, so I went on a walking tour around the major Berlin wall sites.<\/p>\n<p>There is a line of bricks marking the route of the former Berlin wall.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/12\/bricks-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9105\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/12\/bricks-1-453x680.avif\" alt=\"Bricks marking the former location of the Berlin wall\" width=\"453\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/bricks-1-453x680.avif 453w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/bricks-1-768x1152.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/bricks-1-600x900.avif 600w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/bricks-1-233x350.avif 233w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/bricks-1-1000x1500.avif 1000w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/bricks-1.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a preserved guard tower. These towers were used to keep an eye on the death-strip, a small section of land kept open on the eastern side of the wall in which people found entering it were shot on sight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/12\/guard-tower-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/12\/guard-tower-1-510x680.avif\" alt=\"Guard tower used for keeping an eye on the death strip\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/guard-tower-1-510x680.avif 510w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/guard-tower-1-768x1024.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/guard-tower-1-675x900.avif 675w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/guard-tower-1-250x333.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/guard-tower-1-1000x1333.avif 1000w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/guard-tower-1.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a section of the death strip which has been preserved. This photo was taken through a small gap in the concrete, showing what those who attempt to scale it would have seen before being shot to death as soon as they scaled (or attempted to scale) the wall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/12\/wall-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/12\/wall-2-680x453.avif\" alt=\"View into the death strip of the Berlin wall\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/wall-2-680x453.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/wall-2-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/wall-2-900x600.avif 900w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/wall-2-250x167.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/wall-2-1000x667.avif 1000w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/12\/wall-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gunter Liftin was the first person to be shot to death attempting to escape from East to West Germany via the wall.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/12\/gunter-litfin-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9107\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/12\/gunter-litfin-1-680x398.avif\" alt=\"Gunter Litfin memorial\" width=\"680\" height=\"398\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9107\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time I came to Berlin I only saw a small section of the former wall separating East and West Berlin. 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