Berlin Wall Sites Near Peter Fechter Gedenkstele
A memorial cross marks the spot where 18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot by border guards on 17 August 1962 while trying to escape to the West. He fell back into the death strip and lay bleeding for nearly an hour in full view of Western observers before being carried away by East German guards. He died shortly after. His death became one of the most infamous incidents of the Berlin Wall.
15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance
Peter Fechter Gedenkstele
A memorial cross marks the spot where 18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot by border guards on 17 August 1962 while trying to escape to the...
Mauermuseum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie
Founded in 1962 by human rights activist Rainer Hildebrandt, this museum documents the ingenuity and desperation of escape attempts from East Berlin. Exhibits include a...
Checkpoint Charlie
At Friedrichstraße, and featured in many cold-war era spy movies and books, this was the most famous of the border crossings. It was the only...
Zimmerstraße Escape Tunnels
Two escape tunnels were dug on Zimmerstraße, close to Checkpoint Charlie. In summer 1962, a tunnel from an empty lot in the West to Zimmerstraße...
U-Bahnhof Stadtmitte (U6)
Like Alexanderplatz, Stadtmitte was a split station. The U2 platform operated normally for East Berliners (as "Otto-Grotewohl-Straße"), while the physically separate U6 platform was sealed...
Niederkirchnerstraße Wall Remains
A 200-metre preserved section of the Berlin Wall running along Niederkirchnerstraße, between the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the Topography of Terror documentation centre. This is one of...
Topographie des Terrors
Built on the site of the former Gestapo and SS headquarters, this documentation center features a 200m section of the original Berlin Wall along Niederkirchnerstraße....
Internationales Pressezentrum
The GDR's official press centre for foreign correspondents, where Günter Schabowski held his historic press conference on 9 November 1989. Asked when new travel regulations...
Hansa Studios
Hansa Studios, in the historic Meistersaal concert hall at Köthener Straße 38, stood right beside the Berlin Wall by Potsdamer Platz. Between 1976 and 1978...
U-Bahnhof Französische Straße
After serving as a U6 ghost station from 1961 to 1990, this station operated normally for 30 years before being permanently closed on 4 December...
S-Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz
One of the best-known ghost stations. The Wall ran directly through Potsdamer Platz above, turning what was once Europe's busiest intersection into empty wasteland. Below,...
Wachturm Erna-Berger-Straße
One of the very few surviving Berlin Wall watchtowers, this BT-11 type observation tower stands near Potsdamer Platz. Originally part of the border fortification system,...
Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken
This open-air exhibition at Potsdamer Platz features informational displays mounted between original segments of the Berlin Wall. Created in 2005 to mark the 20th anniversary...
S-Bahnhof Brandenburger Tor
Originally named "Unter den Linden" when it opened in 1936, this S-Bahn station sits directly beneath the Brandenburg Gate. During the Cold War, Western trains...
Brandenburger Tor
The Brandenburg Gate became the main symbol of Berlin's division. From 1961 to 1989, it stood inaccessible in the death strip, visible but unreachable from...
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