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Not just a street
Bernauer Strasse, in the U-bahn stop of the same name, seems to just be a street. But this is where the soldier Conrad Schumann decided on August 15, 1961 to jump the wire to the other side of the wall. It took only two days to be built. The photo of the poor girl trying to escape went round the world. The houses south of Bernauer Strasse Berlin were part of this, while the sidewalk was west. Windows were filled with cement to prevent people jumping out the window. The division of Berlin was particularly noticeable, so there were a lot of photographers in this place when the wall was built. Now
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