Deutsch-Deutsches Museum

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After the Berlin Wall was erected, dividing the city into East and West, walls began to spring up in other villages around the country, including Mödlareuth in 1966. From then on, the Soviet Occupied side of the wall was monitored around the clock, while the West German side the wall became a kind of tourist attraction dubbed ‘Little Berlin’ by Americans. The wall stood until June 17th, 19990 - 7 months after the fall of the Berlin Wall - and plans were immediately made to turn the site into a memorial. Today, the museum aims to present the history of the German division in its entirety, from 1945 through 1990, and even its effects on the present day. Along with the sections of concrete wall, barbed wire, and guard towers, the museum has educational exhibits on the barrier systems, border surveillance, forced eviction, border crossing points, and illegal border crossings.