The development of the inner German border took place in a number of stages between 1945 and the mid-1980s. After its establishment in 1945 as the dividing...

The inner German border (German: innerdeutsche Grenze or deutsch–deutsche Grenze; initially also Zonengrenze) was the frontier between the German Democratic...

Crossing the inner German border remained possible throughout the Cold War; it was never entirely sealed in the fashion of the border between the two Koreas...

Fall of inner German border, also known as Opening of inner German border (German: Öffnung der innerdeutschen Grenze), rapidly and unexpectedly occurred...

The border guards of the inner German border comprised tens of thousands of military, paramilitary and civilian personnel from both East and West Germany...

The inner German border was a complex system of interlocking fortifications and security zones 1,381 kilometres (858 mi) long and several kilometres deep...

The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic (German: Grenztruppen der DDR) was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946...

of the inner German border during its 45 years of existence from 1945 to 1990. Between 1945 and 1988, around 4 million East Germans migrated to the West...

Bundesgrenzschutz (German: [ˌbʊndəsˈɡʁɛnt͡sʃʊt͡s] , BGS; English: Federal Border Guard) is the former name of the German Bundespolizei (Federal Police)...

Numerous museums of the inner German border are located along the course of the former border between East and West Germany, documenting its story and...

Inner German relations (German: Innerdeutsche Beziehungen), also known as the FRG-GDR relations, East Germany-West Germany relations or German-German...

German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place...

inner German border, which demarcated the border between East and West Germany, it came to symbolize physically the Iron Curtain that separated the Western...

voltage of 5000 V, was replaced starting in 1968 by a double wire mesh fence similar to that used on the Inner German border. In addition, the border was...

facing the 870-mile (1,400 km) network of inner-German border fences and guard towers formerly separating East and West Germany. It is one of the world's...

balloon during the Inner German border-era when emigration to West Germany was strictly prohibited by the East German government. It was the final theatrical...

and Eastern Europe. The fall of the inner German border took place shortly afterward. An end to the Cold War was declared at the Malta Summit in early...

in the new federal states and across the inner German border. Until the 1970s, East Germany (officially the German Democratic Republic or GDR) had not...

East Germany and the western occupied zones remained easily crossed in most places. Subsequently, the inner German border between the two German states...

drain. In response, the GDR closed the inner German border, and on the night of 12 August 1961, East German soldiers began erecting the Berlin Wall. In 1971...

from the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany initiated the first conservation projects targeting the inner German border. After...

Thuringia and bordering northeastern Hessian regions, situated near the former Inner German border. A major attraction is Wartburg castle, which has been a UNESCO...

changes in borders between nations, detailed below. For information on border changes from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to 1914, see the list of national...

known in Germany as the Poland campaign (German: Überfall auf Polen, Polenfeldzug). German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west the morning...

The Innenhafen (Inner Harbour) in Duisburg, Germany, is connected to the Rhine River, encompasses an area of 89 hectares (220 acres). For over a hundred...

the Slovene Lower Styrian part joined the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. Conflicts arose especially around the majority German-speaking border-town...

the left bank of the Rhine to Remagen (including Trier, Koblenz, and Montabaur). Also created was the Inner German Border as the boundary between the...

in German; [ʔaɪzn̩ˈhʏtn̩ʃtat] , Lower Sorbian: Pśibrjog) is a town in the Oder-Spree district of the state of Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, on the border...

crossing borders seemed more natural—especially between East and West Germany where no prior border existed. With the closing of the Inner German border officially...

Party of Germany (SED). The official newspaper of the Free German Youth was Junge Welt. Das Magazin survived the unification of Germany. The Soviet magazine...