Some time ago, an American leftist told me that the Berlin Wall was necessary to keep the West out of East Berlin. he wasn't happy when I started laughing. I said that even to a 9 year old, it was clear the tank traps were set up to stop people fleeing to the West.

It's too bad the Westerners did not leave a section of the Wall standing. It would stop people from rewriting the truth about it.

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hnav 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

East-side gallery is still standing.

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WalterBright 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Just the Wall or including the defense-in-depth?

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hnav 5 hours ago | parent [-]

If you mean watchtowers with armed guards, then no those don't exist anymore.

	▲	WalterBright 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I meant what I wrote about the defense in depth. But no, the guards wouldn't be necessary.