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DDR border at Marienborn – Die Grenze von der DDR an Marienborn – Восточногерманская граница на западе
The inter German border control post at Helmstedt – Marienborn was the largest border point within the entire Soviet empire.
The point controlled the motorway leading to Berlin and beyond from West Germany.
Whereas there were few problems for people getting in if they were going to Berlin, it was a different story for those going to any other destination.
And of course it was designed to stop people getting out.
Most of the frontier fence is no longer there and in places it is no longer obvious where it was. However many remains are still evident and in some places have been preserved. In other places they are still standing, but abandoned and the broken glass and chipped paintwork demonstrates their fate.
There is an excellent museum at the former Helsmstedt – Marienborn border crossing which does not take much of a detour for those travelling along this road.
This film also shows photographs of Hötensleben, 12km south of Marienborn where the wall has been preserved. Here the wall was breached on 23 November 1989 and traffic allowed to run both ways for the first time in many years. However the locals preserved the wall in many places.
I crossed the border point at Marienborn several times from 1982 – 1987 both by train and by car. It was extremely interesting to see it from the other side.
I have now posted a three part film of the border control post at Marienborn which may also be of interest.
Some other information as well as my blog about this and other visits can be found on www.pbn.com.pl
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February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Danken Ihnen für …
Danken Ihnen für Ihre nette Bemerkung. Ich habe viele Filme von Deutschland und besonders die grenze von der DDR!
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Hier muss ich …
Hier muss ich einfach mal was rein schreiben, super gemacht das Video. Volle Sterne von mir.
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
the boder and the …
the boder and the securety didnt saved east europe :< from the west plague
eh I dont understand some people, they want freedom of speach, they want the capitalism… what do they have in it, nothing… normal people have nothing, but little of tham are rich… the rich dont care about the poor, or about the standards of workers, dont care does the worker have money to buy a bread…
that is capitalsm
and we still live in it
you need to be a fathers son to have a future
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
I have a collection …
I have a collection of VHS cassettes from 1988 – 1992 and there is a lot of material I would like to publish here.
However I am having a lot of technical difficulties. I can record to DVD without difficulty but the problem is in converting .VOB files to .AVI that has both sound and picture or to .WMV that does not use a huge amount of memory.
My PC only has 1MB of RAM. We have professional equipment in the office but it is only mac.
Any ideas of how to do this without incurring too much cost?
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Did you ever see …
Did you ever see that film The Day After?
I seem to recal a scene where a radio was playing in the background describing the fighting that had broken out bet ween Nato and Warsaw Pact forces.This particular place was named and I daresay if the balloon had gone up in real life it would ‘ve seen heavy fighting or a possible nuclear incident!
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Not quite the title …
Not quite the title but used in the film Rambo 2!
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Das Titel Lied von …
Das Titel Lied von Rambo
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
I have got some …
I have got some more detailled films of this which may be of interest to glimpse at also!!
I would like to think I could document much more of the inter German border but I know that that is not realistic. But I will attempt to do what I can!!
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
That place was bat …
That place was bat crazy!
We have come along way, baby – here’s to freedom for all that seek it!
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Then again, has …
Then again, has anybody dwelt with the U.S. Customs and Immigration Homeland Security types lately?
Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it……
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
They had FREAKING …
They had FREAKING MIRRORS between and on the sides of the tracks of the railroad that a guard in a shack looked from above to watch if anybody was riding “the rods” (the undercarriage of rail cars) out of the old DDR.
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Really? No-one …
Really? No-one told me…
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
but you know, the …
but you know, the DDR is no longer Existing, yaeh?
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
I would like to do …
I would like to do the complete border one day but totally impossible of course! I was in the DDR several times – and have got several films about it here!
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Ill never forget …
Ill never forget the first time I went into the former DDR. It was in 1999 and everywhere I looked(just about) was another restoration project or some construction site. Ive been back in Germany now for almost 3 years and I havent gotten around to seeing the former DDR again. And I also see you are just as fascinated as I am with the DDR.
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
You stole my line.. …
You stole my line…
Did you get my comment re.the Printed Matter?? I may well try and build that Mustang, even though it looks a bit complicated to me..
Thank you again..
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
there is no such …
there is no such thing as Finnish Intelligence
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
That was until they …
That was until they found out you were working for the Finnish Intelligence..
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
I also have good …
I also have good recollections of DDR officials (as you will find out if you see my film about the southern crossing point near Eisenach).
I do not blame the people (in general) but the policy!
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
nice film and …
nice film and explanatory details! In 1975 we traveled from Denmark via Berlin to Prague…had to get transit via on the ferryboat and nice Yugoslav travellers advised me, ‘vizum, vizum’ and the DDR officials were very nice compared to west Germany…thus is was easy to know in which part of Germany one found himself
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
In this case the …
In this case the GDR border guards would have been legally in the right although it is a bit harsh.
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Of course you can …
Of course you can always get a second opinion by asking anyone a little older than you what it was like!
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
That is a very nice …
That is a very nice story to hear. There are some in the west who think like that but they are a small minority in my opinion. I have always had a very high regard for people from Germany and in particular the former East Germany – as can be seen by the amount of films I have from your country!
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Well,they could …
Well,they could have tried a regular entrance.
February 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Yes there have been …
Yes there have been some guards but only to warn tourists! Many tourists went to the GDR border symbol to make photos. That was really dangerous because this symbol stood on GDR Territory some meters in front of the wall. So it was illegall border crossing! And when the GDR guards have seen you they had the privilege to punish you very hard! (sometimes twenty years in prison when they thought you are a spy)