The former Death strip is the former border. It was the space in the
wall where the soldiers shot you dead for escaping. (I assume you knew
that already.) Now it is mostly empty fields or valuable real estate.
Some wall pieces remain (towers, slabs of concrete, fences) but they are
hardly known about and never in any tourist guide. Nobody cares about
Communist remains anymore it seems.
So in order to find any forgotten piece of wall, you simply have to go
there and look for it. Hence the 50 mile or so hike.
Oh, and they serve some great beer there.
> did i miss something again
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> why is the dearth strip a treasure
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> m
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> >From: "John Kelly" <johnkelly@...>
> >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> >To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Q for the Berlin freaks
> >Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:03:20 -0600
> >
> >Quite a few actually. Along Bernauer Strasse there are still some nooks
> >and crannies of the wall left. There is even a fleamarket in the former
> >death strip. Walk towards Chauseestrasse and there is another stretch of
> >Wall still standing. Take the SBahn from Friedrichstrasse towards
> >Frohnau and you will come out in the former death strip. And the lower
> >level of Friedrichstrasse station where you will get on is still as it
> >was in the DDR.
> >If I remember correctly, there was a section of Wall where the same
> >train passes from Lichtenrade to Mahlow. That was in 1994 though. And of
> >course there is the East Side Gallery and Niederkirschnerstrasse in
> >Kreutzberg.
> >There are some scattered ruins along the Griebnitzsee which are all
> >graffiti-ed. Beyond that I could suggest taking your hiking boots and
> >walking the whole length of the former Death Strip. Let us know what you
> >find.
> >
> >At any rate check out my virtual museum of Berlin pictures. It's not yet
> >annotated but it has tons of pics. Someday I'll get round to naming them
> >all.
> >
> >http://justinkelly.astralvoyager.com/
> >
> >Go to "Places" and then "Germany" and have fun. And yes, that arrow was
> >modelled on East German Avant Garde. (I wrote the program myself.)
> >
> >JK
> >
> > > I have seen a cheap offer for a few days in Berlin, and I might go for
> >it.
> > >
> > > Are there any hidden border treasures that the new Berlin has not
> >spoiled.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Jesper
> > >
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