From no man’s land to a new habitat: a 1,400 kilometre-long nature preserve was created on the former border between East and West Germany.Photo (detail): © picture alliance/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB/Peter Gercke/ Society and Current Affairs

The German-German border
 “A place of remembrance and hope”

The border that once divided the two Germanys - the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic – has been transformed into the German Green Belt. The biotope provides a new home for flora and fauna while testifying to its conflict-laden history.

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