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In the following years, there was a threat that the discussion about a general memorial concept could be ground down by the conflict of interest from the preservationists on one side, and the those with economical interests on the other. Questions of remembrance, memorial and the importance of retelling history had no place in this disagreement.
On 13th August 1991, the Berlin Senate adopted a resolution to build a “central memorial” on Bernauer Straße. For this purpose, a section of Wall, 70-metres-long with signal fence, “Hinterlandmauer” and watch tower12 should be reconstructed alongside the remains that still stood. It would still take three years before a competition to design the memorial would be announced in 1994 and which “Kolhoff und Kolhoff” would win. The memorial, which was finally realised by 1998, consisted of a section of the Wall which could only be looked over from a viewing platform – offering a vague perception of the scale of the Wall and border strip. (ill.1)
One of the most frequent criticisms of a complete demolition of the Wall and border fortifications was that – even where sections of the Wall had indeed been preserved – the actual structure around the border could no longer be seen. For this reason, it was almost impossible to comprehend exactly how the city had been divided – not just by a Wall, but by a deep city wound.13