Dear Mats,
thanks for kind remarks about our group ! Yes, we all
get lots of information and news all the time, much of
it quite new and exciting...
Re. your query about the "inner-German border".
I've personally visited a lot of border crossings at
this border and taken quite a few pictures, some of them
will be exposed on my site later on - especially Berlin
had always been my favorite place... who could ever
forget "Die Mauer"...!?!
Yes, in Berlin they keep some of the remainders from
the Wall, a piece of it is situated very close to "Potsdamer
Platz" in the very center of Berlin - and there are a few
other places !
I submit details as attachment - it's a pamphlet written in
German, but as you know: real border freaks speak all
languages...!-----
As for the rest of the boundary line: many attempts have
been made to keep some pieces of the walls, fences,
watchtowers ... I'll also submit an article on a very famous
village that had been divided by the boundary line for
almost 40 years... it's in Danish (det skulle vist ikke vaere
noget problem for dig...!)

The attachments will be sent to your personal address !
All the best
Peter
Original Message -----
From: Mats Hessman <Mats@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 12:04 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] BRD - DDR query

Colleagues,

Joining this list was one of my best moves in recent years. I'd like
to thank you all for the wealth of information provided here and for
generously answering my questions.

Upon recommendations from you all I have procured copies of the
journal articles by Robinson and Catudal, and some of the books
mentioned here, among others Catudals "The exclave problem of
Western Europe" and his Steinstücken book.

Please let me draw your attention to the work of Dr Tommy Book, and
especially his "Angerdorf och exklav" (ISSN 0349-0564, ISBN 91-7639-015-6),
for a detailed description of the West-Berlin exclaves. The book is
in Swedish but contains some wonderfully detailed maps. I have
asked the authors permission to publish pictures and translated text
from the book on the Net.

Now a question for those of you who have travelled the borders of
central Europe: Is there anything at all left of the German-German
border?

I know of the handfull of border memorials, and a visit to those is
certainly on my wish-list, but is there anything "authentic" left at
all? For exampel border stones, "Grenzpfähle", or rusty old signs
stating that you are leaving one zone and entering another?

Regards,
Mats

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