The Berlin Wall in Twinity
The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting August 13, 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches and other defenses. The Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc officially claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a Socialist State in East Germany. However, in practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that marked Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period. The wall was a powerful symbol of the division of Europe during the Cold War until it fell on November 9, 1989.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 2009, Twinity reconstructed a true-to-scale section of the wall in virtual Berlin.
Explore the Berlin Wall
Walk through one of the open-air wall museum gateways at the Brandenburg Gate, Potsdamer Platz, Checkpoint Charlie , and four other locations in Twinity and step back in time to 1989. From the Brandenburg Gate to Checkpoint Charlie - a 2 km interactive stretch of the Berlin Wall including the infamous death strip - will appear before your eyes. Background info on the history of the GDR, from the building of the wall to German reunification, can be found at key points along the way.
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Sights on the Berlin Wall tour
Use Twinity's minimap to navigate your way along the wall. We strongly recommend visiting the following places:
(1) Checkpoint Friedrichsstraße
The Friedrichstraße border crossing point was the site where American and Soviet tanks engaged in a chilling stand-off on 27 October 1961.
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(2) Checkpoint Charlie
Checkpoint Charlie was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Germany and West Germany during the Cold War.
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(3) Border crossings
The documentation centre on the site of the former Gestapo, SS, and Third Reich Security Police Headquarters documents Nazi atrocities and displays parts of the wall that have been preserved as an historic monument.
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(4) Rebirth of city center
See the incredible transformation of this former wasteland into Berlin's shopping and cultural center in the very short space of time since reunification - an amazing sight!
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(5) The death strip
Visit this formerly inaccessible area of no man's land between the Berlin Wall itself and the hinterland wall, and find out more about the infamous death strip.
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(6) The Berlin Wall
Before 1989, the Brandenburg Gate was located just inside the border of the Soviet sector. Pariser Platz was part of the border strip and strictly guarded. Find out more about the building and the fall of the wall at this historic site.
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(7) White Crosses memorial
The memorial at the Reichstag is dedicated to those who died trying to escape to West Berlin from the GDR after the border was sealed in 1961.
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Read more about the other cities in Twinity
You can read more about Berlin - which was the first city that was launched in Twinity. After the great start in Europe, Asia was next on the agenda when Singapore was first set up. Later we returned to the European continent and created London. In the summer of 2010 we went across the Atlantic Ocean and opened up the first American city in Miami with more to follow... You can also contact us and we can build your city!
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