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    The inner German border (German: innerdeutsche Grenze or deutsch–deutsche Grenze; initially also Zonengrenze) was the frontier between the German Democratic...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • The border guards of the inner German border comprised tens of thousands of military, paramilitary and civilian personnel from both East and West Germany...
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    The inner German border was a complex system of interlocking fortifications and security zones 1,381 kilometres (858 mi) long and several kilometres deep...
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    Fall of inner German border, also known as Opening of inner German border (German: Öffnung der innerdeutschen Grenze), rapidly and unexpectedly occurred...
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  • 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...
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    The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic (German: Grenztruppen der DDR) was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946...
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    Bundesgrenzschutz (German: [ˌbʊndəsˈɡʁɛnt͡sʃʊt͡s] ; abbreviation: BGS; English: Federal Border Protection) is the former name of the German Bundespolizei (Federal...
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  • Thumbnail for Museums of the inner German border
    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...
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    Inner German relations (German: Innerdeutsche Beziehungen), also known as the FRG-GDR relations, East Germany-West Germany relations or German-German...
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    German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place...
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    Berlin Wall (redirect from The Berlin Wall)
    inner German border, which demarcated the border between East and West Germany, it came to symbolize physically the Iron Curtain that separated the Western...
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    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...
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    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...
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    East Germany and the western occupied zones remained easily crossed in most places. Subsequently, the inner German border between the two German states...
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    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...
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    European Green Belt (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    from the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany initiated the first conservation projects targeting the inner German border. After...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Night Crossing (category Films set in East Germany)
    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...
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    most important border crossing on the inner German border during the division of Germany. Due to its geographical location, allowing for the shortest land...
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    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...
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    The Social Democratic Party of Germany (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, [zoˈtsi̯aːldemoˌkʁaːtɪʃə paʁˌtaɪ ˈdɔʏtʃlants], SPD, German pronunciation:...
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  • 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...
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    the Slovene Lower Styrian part joined the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. Conflicts arose especially around the majority German-speaking border-town...
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    Eisenach (redirect from Eisenach, Germany)
    Thuringia and bordering northeastern Hessian regions, situated near the former Inner German border. A major attraction is Wartburg castle, which has been a UNESCO...
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    known in Germany as the Poland campaign (German: Überfall auf Polen, Polenfeldzug). German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west the morning...
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    The German Inner Africa Research Expeditions (Deutsche Innerafrikanische Forschungs-Expeditionen, DIAFE) were a series of 14 expeditions to Africa carried...
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    encloses the genetic material. The nuclear envelope consists of two lipid bilayer membranes: an inner nuclear membrane and an outer nuclear membrane. The space...
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