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View of the death strip between East and West Berlin 1981

© Archiv Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung / Bestand Michael von Aichberger Nr. 698

In 1989, the border around West Berlin was a total of 156.4-kilometre-long, of which 43.7 kilometres ran between the two halves of the city and 112 kilometres between West Berlin and the Potsdam district. According to an inventory of the border troops, the border section consisted of 63 kilometres of built-up area, 32 kilometres of wooded area, 22.65 kilometres of open terrain, and 37 kilometres of water border. Along 41.91 kilometres of the border there was the “Grenzmauer 75”, another 58.95 kilometres consisted of the third-generation Wall in prefabricated construction and 68.42 kilometres were bordered by expanded metal fence. The light strip had a length of 161 kilometres and the signal fence covered 113.85 kilometres. There were 186 observation towers and 31 command posts of the border troops in the death strip. Access to West Berlin was possible via 13 road border crossings, four rail border crossings and eight waterway border crossings, all of which were well secured.³⁹