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How the Berlin Wall Worked

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The History of the Berlin Wall

There were no gaps. You had to encounter a German shepherd. And then on that wall, the actual at some part, there were guard towers with searchlights. They would use like sand or gravel or the walkways. Well, Germany is sand. So they would just use the ground. But they would keep it very well raked so that you could see footprints very easily. Everything was painted a bright white. That's on the east side. On the west side, it was painted with graffiti and art. Because they were just crazy free people. The Berlin Wall was peed on more than once. I guess Ronald Reagan famously did. There were trip wires that were hooked up to

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