West German / DDR Border Monument "Die Wölbung der Hände " (the Curvature of the Hands) | memorial, sculpture

Germany / Sachsen-Anhalt / Beendorf /

memorial, monument, sculpture

This is "Die Wölbung der Hände" ("The Curvature of the Hands") memorial sculpture on the DDR side of the former internal DDR and West German border crossing on the A2 motorway at Helmstedt.
See Youtube film which shows the border pre-1989:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPynG9vcdk

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Coordinates: 52°13'15"N 11°3'6"E

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A preserved section of the Former East West border. 11 km

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Checkpoint Alpha Solar park Former East German border crossing point at Marienborn Autobahn Control Detachment RMP (Former) Electrical substation Solar park Morsleben repository for radioactive waste Electrical substation Exit 64 of motorway A2 from Berlin to Hannover A preserved section of the Former East West border.