That is the Berlin wall and its components. From the front to back you can see the different fortifications that were built as part of the Wall complex. First the wall itself, a 10 foot high concrete reinforced structure. Behind it is a plain area and then a patrol road which is lighted by the street lights you can see. Behind the street lights is another barbed wire fence. It was quite a brutal structure.
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a bit of history. i was reading that in fact the bit of the wall preserved at bernauer strasse is actually not entirely authentic. the location is, but the wall's been moved around a bit. also, esp on the western side its clean of graffiti which is unusual. the stuff you see behind the wall, the lights and strips were added and are not actually original. all this info from the book- stasiland.
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