Gedenkstatte Deutsche Teilung Marienborn

An Unexpected Treasure

I have been touring Northern Germany. Driving from Berlin to Hannover and came across the Marienborn Border Crossing which I must confess I have never heard of. It transpires that this was the main bo...

Doleful monument to Socialism

For the many not the few? As JFK might have said “Let them come to Marienborn”. Now located next to an autobahn service station just outside Magdeburg, this was a major East-West crossing point in t...

Touching experience

It made me just too emotional. I have visited many places related to dark side of European history - battle fields, concentration camps, war museums. It was always a moving experience. But it was alwa...

Worth a visit if you remember Checkpoint Alpha

This was Checkpoint Alpha between 1945 and 1989. Road traffic from West Germany to West Berlin had to pas through the very strict checks here. Half of the building remain. It is free to visit. You can...

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Where to go to checkpoint alpha and trace the road of people from l' western to go to Berlin West this open sky museum trace this trip on one of the 4 road crossing points between the RFA e...