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3: THE MATERIALITY OF THE BERLIN WALL Figure 8: Watch tower located near Potsdamer Platz having been moved from its original position to give way for new construction. Photo: Anna McWilliams. 55
AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE IRON CURTAIN The control strip, also known as the death strip, consisted of a large strip of sand that was raked so that any footprints or other marks would clearly show if an intruder had walked across it. This was important not only to try and stop the intruder crossing over the final hurdle which was the wall facing West Berlin, the so-called ‘enemy facing wall’, but also to show where there were weaknesses in the system and also, if the person had managed to cross unnoticed, to punish the guard that missed the breach. There are many other types of features visible in the townscape today that were once connected to the former border fortifications, such as areas for maintenance, iron bars in the canals and traces of demolished buildings once considered too close to the border. All these features demonstrate how the construction of the wall had to adapt to the changing topography. Other remains demonstrate how the city around the wall had to change to adapt to the division such as turning loops where the bus route were cut off by the wall and closed down railway stations. The ‘enemy facing’ wall The wall facing West Berlin, the so called ‘enemy facing wall’ is often what people refer to when they speak about the Wall. As large parts of this wall were removed during 1990–1991 there is little left to indicate exactly where the wall was located although some traces have been recorded (Klausmeier and Schmidt 2004:122) and in places only the foundations remain (Klausmeier and Schmidt 2004:127). In some sections it has therefore been recreated such as within the centre of Berlin where a cobble stone line on the ground indicates its route in a way that does not obstruct or limit movement around it. I follow it through town, letting it be my guide. Some of the new buildings constructed on the site of the former wall have also incorporated the line in their interior. At the end of a day walking along the former wall as I am resting my feet in a restaurant near Potsdamer Platz I suddenly realise that I am sitting on the wall as the Berlin Wall line is running straight under my table (Figure 9). 56
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