Word: kreuzberg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...land Berliners call the Death Strip, some 3,000 men and women were deployed to clear the ground so that fugitives would find no cover from border sentries' machine guns. Only the dead may cross without hindrance. In a macabre ritual at the Kreuzberg crossing point each Wednesday, two identical funeral processions approach from each side of the border. After each has handed over urns containing the ashes of Berliners whose survivors live on the other side of the Wall, the two funeral trains return to their sectors...