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Frederick the Great's palaces, where the Allies met in 1945.
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Berlin Wall Memorial
The best-preserved stretch of the Wall and its death strip, on Bernauer Strasse, with a watchtower and a free museum.
- Open
- The outdoor memorial always; the exhibitions Tuesday to Sunday
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Bernauer Strasse 111, 13355 BerlinDirections
- Getting There
- Nordbahnhof station (S-Bahn) or Bernauer Strasse (U8).
Why Go
On Bernauer Strasse, the Wall split the street itself, and people leaped from windows to escape to the West. A long section of the border installation survives, with its patrol road and a watchtower, and markers trace escape tunnels and the lives lost.
The visitor center and the documentation center's viewing tower explain how the border worked.
Nearby in Berlin
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