Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Film about Steinstücken<br/>
Date: Oct 08, 2004 @ 21:55<br/>
Author: Doug Murray (Doug Murray &lt;doug@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1008158023">I had a friend translate the listing for the film:<br/>
<br/>
Steinstuecken is an island that belonged West Berlin but was in the <br/>
middle<br/>
of the area of Potsdam - or better the DDR!<br/>
<br/>
The residents living there, lived in constant terror. Since 1952 170<br/>
West-Berliners were isolated from the outside world.  They had to take a<br/>
1km forrested road through the DDR with border control (NVA soldiers) to<br/>
get to West Berlin.<br/>
<br/>
Gabriele Leech Ansprach lived there since the 20&#39;s and during her<br/>
childhood she remembers Steinstuecken as a place of art & culture where<br/>
many actors and architects lived.<br/>
<br/>
During the war it was a place of refuge for Berliners who had been <br/>
bombed<br/>
out of their homes.  9 years before the wall was built the East German<br/>
(DDR) gov&#39;t sealed the island off.  In order to protect the residents <br/>
the<br/>
US military stationed 3 military policemen on the island.  Only these<br/>
three men and the residents of Steinstuecken had access to the &quot;island&quot;.<br/>
<br/>
In 1971 things improved when the US managed to get an agreement signed <br/>
by<br/>
the 4 powers to allow the building of a passage into Steinstuecken.<br/>
Steinstuecken once again became a beautiful greenspace to escape to and<br/>
the border control was eliminated after 20 years.<br/>
<br/>
----<br/>
<br/>
Can someone in Germany tape this, and perhaps we can somehow see it?<br/>
(No illegal activities suggested or mentioned ;) )<br/>
<br/>
Cheers!<br/>
<br/>
Doug<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> On Friday, October 8, 2004, at 08:35 AM, chris schulz wrote:<br/>
<br/>
&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.rbb-online.de/_/fernsehen/teaser_jsp/key=teaser_1168088.html">http://www.rbb-online.de/_/fernsehen/teaser_jsp/key=teaser_1168088.html</a><br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; it will be on the 11.11.2004 at 01.10h (is this time a joke?)<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; Regards, chris<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;<br/>
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A bad day in television is still better than a good day in a cubicle. </span></blockquote></div>