East & West Germany Map: Berlin Wall Border Division. The map above shows the division of Germany. For many decades, the country was divided into two: East and West Germany. The two were separated through an impassable border named the Iron Curtain. East Germany, known officially as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was formed in 1949 under ...

As an important travel hub between the West Berlin sectors, despite it being located entirely in the Soviet occupied West Berlin, its underground U and S-Bahn facilities were only open to West Berlin travelers, for transferring, or to access the border crossing on the ground floor.

(dpa) - A row of monitors and a map of northern Germany hangs on the wall in the command centre inside the nuclear bunker of the former GDR defence minister in Harnekop near Berlin, 15 January 2003. The bunker of the East German People's Army (Nationale Volksarmee) was erected from 1971 to 1976.

13/11/2018 · Map found at HERE 360. The map above is one of our favourites. It shows (or rather doesn’t show) West Berlin in 1988. It was published in East Germany just one year before the fall of the Berlin Wall. On the surface the map is clearly ridiculous and wouldn’t have fooled anyone.

The map was published in East Germany in 1984 and shows the center of East Berlin. West Berlin was mentioned on the map but not shown with its streets and buildings (yellow area). The red line is the course of the Berlin Wall in the center of Berlin. More maps : External sites: European History - Historical Map of Europe 1945-90

23/12/2020 · Inevitably, the fall of the Wall in 1989 was the death-knell for East Germany. We’ve just passed the 30th anniversary of German reunification, which came into effect on October 3, …