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Two photographs from a report called ‘Violations of illegal Acts & incidents at the sector border in Berlin since building of the Wall 12-August 1961-15 August 1962’
Top photo shows men in military uniform next to barbed wire in front of the rubble of a building. Bottom photo shows people next to a stone wall and barbed fence. Men in military uniform are on the other side.
Transcript
[Above:]
In order to free a field of fire for the Soviet zonal border guards, the workers’ settlement in Klemke-strasse in the district of Reinickendorf has been razed to the ground.
[Below:]
Wall, barbed wire and the death strip along the Blankenfelder Chausee between Berlin-Lübars (West) and Berlin-Blankenfelde (Soviet sector). In the background a watch tower.
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