"Entenschnabel" border opening

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March 3 1990
Berlin/Brandenburg, Oranienburger Chaussee (Glienicke/Nordbahn)/Berliner Straße (Hermsdorf) border crossing
Created By: Ralf Skiba

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"Glienicker sind wieder 'Nord Berliner'" ("Glienicke residents are finally 'North Berliners' once again"). A handmade sign on the occasion of the opening of the Oranienburger Chaussee border crossing (Glienicke/Nordbahn)/Berliner Straße (Hermsdorf) at the so-called "Entenschnabel" ("duck's bill"), the western end of the Straße Am Sandkrug in the Brandenburg borough of Glienicke/Nordbahn (that reached into the Berlin territory in the shape of a duck's bill).

Depicts

border fence, handmade medium, label, motto, national colours, opening of the border, signboard

Context

celebration, Volkskammer election

People/Organizations

Christian Democratic Union of Germany (GDR)

Places

Oranienburger Chaussee (Glienicke/Nordbahn)/Berliner Straße (Hermsdorf) border crossing, Other places (Berlin)

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