Historians are concerned as more of the wall disappears over time.
BERLIN -- In the Berlin neighborhood of Pankow, a 196-foot stretch of the Berlin wall has been torn down to make way for condominiums, sparking the ire of historians.
"This was a testimony to how deeply the border regime of the GDR intervened in the everyday life of the people in East Berlin," Wichmann added. A graffiti-covered segment of the original Berlin wall, built in 1961, separating Berlin's Pankow district in the east from the Reinickendorf district in the west, is seen on Sept. 30, 2019.While remains of the wall in central Berlin have become memorials to the city's long separation, others, such as demolished sections on the city's outskirts, are far from the public eye and receive less attention. Yet, historians have said these sections still hold historic value.
This particular section of the wall, about 11 feet high, wasn't a protected historical site, known to few outside the neighborhood besides graffiti artists. City Building Councilor Vollrad Kuhn told Tagesspiegel that the demolition had taken place as scheduled and did not require any specific procedure, as it was not a listed building.
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