The inner German border (German: innerdeutsche Grenze or deutsch–deutsche Grenze; initially also Zonengrenze, zonal boundary) was the frontier between...

The development of the inner German border took place in a number of stages between 1945 and the mid-1980s. After its establishment in 1945 as the dividing...

The fall of inner German border, also known as the opening of the inner German border (German: Öffnung der innerdeutschen Grenze), rapidly and unexpectedly...

the inner German border between East and West Germany remained possible throughout the Cold War; it was never entirely sealed in the fashion of the border...

The border guards of the inner German border comprised tens of thousands of military, paramilitary and civilian personnel from both East and West Germany...

The inner German border was a complex system of interlocking fortifications and security zones 1,381 kilometres (858 mi) long and several kilometres deep...

The Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic (German: Grenztruppen der DDR) was the border guard of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1946...

of the inner German border during its 45 years of existence from 1945 to 1990. Between 1945 and 1988, around 4 million East Germans migrated to the West...

Numerous museums of the inner German border are located along the course of the former border between East and West Germany, documenting its story and...

Bundesgrenzschutz (German: [ˌbʊndəsˈɡʁɛnt͡sʃʊt͡s] ; abbreviation: BGS; lit. 'Federal Border Protection') is the former name of the German Bundespolizei (Federal...

Inner German relations (German: Innerdeutsche Beziehungen), also known as the FRG-GDR relations, East Germany-West Germany relations or German-German...

German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November...

from the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany initiated the first conservation projects targeting the inner German border. After...

facing the 870-mile (1,400 km) network of inner-German border fences and guard towers formerly separating East and West Germany. It is one of the world's...

voltage of 5000 V, was replaced starting in 1968 by a double wire mesh fence similar to that used on the Inner German border. In addition, the border was...

inner German border, which demarcated the border between East and West Germany, it came to symbolize physically the Iron Curtain that separated the Western...

Subsequently, the inner German border between the two German states was closed and a barbed-wire fence erected. Even after closing of the inner German border officially...

The Innenhafen (Inner Harbour) in Duisburg, Germany, is connected to the Rhine River, encompasses an area of 89 hectares (220 acres). For over a hundred...

territories on the left bank of the Rhine as far as Remagen (including Trier, Koblenz, and Montabaur). Also created was the Inner German Border: the boundary...

in the new federal states and across the inner German border. Until the 1970s, East Germany (officially the German Democratic Republic or GDR) had not...

response, the GDR government fortified its inner German border and built the Berlin Wall in 1961. Many people attempting to flee were killed by border guards...

The German Inner Africa Research Expeditions (Deutsche Innerafrikanische Forschungs-Expeditionen, DIAFE) were a series of 14 expeditions to Africa carried...

Party of Germany (SED). The official newspaper of the Free German Youth was Junge Welt. Das Magazin survived the unification of Germany. The Soviet magazine...

changes in borders between nations, detailed below. For information on border changes from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to 1914, see the list of national...

most important border crossing on the inner German border during the division of Germany. Due to its geographical location, allowing for the shortest land...

and Eastern Europe. The fall of the inner German border took place shortly afterward. An end to the Cold War was declared at the Malta Summit in early...

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands [zoˈtsi̯aːldemoˌkʁaːtɪʃə paʁˌtaɪ ˈdɔʏtʃlants], SPD [ɛspeːˈdeː]...

of the German capital city, Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany. The crisis culminated in the city's de facto partition with the East German erection...

Honecker (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈhɔnɛkɐ]; 25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from...

crossing borders seemed more natural—especially between East and West Germany where no prior border existed. With the closing of the Inner German border officially...