Border, Contemporary Witnesses, Everyday Life, West, East

Steinstücken exclave

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A few streets, a few houses, a few trees – Steinstücken measured a mere twelve hectares. Between 1945 and 1971, this area belonging to the Western district of Zehlendorf was West Berlin's only permanently inhabited exclave located in the Soviet-occupied zone/the GDR.

In 1972 Berlin's mayor Klaus Schütz opens an access road connecting Steinstücken to West Berlin.

Gert Knecht talks about living in the exclave.

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  • Verbindungsstraße, Bernhard-Beyer-Straße 1, 14109 Berlin
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  • Haus von Gert Knecht, Bernhard-Beyer-Straße 8, 14109 Berlin
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