Dietmar Schultke's meticulously researched account of the inner-German border and the Berlin Wall contains all relevant information about the fortified barrier that was developed into a perfect security zone between the two German states and the GDR border regime, a timeline, and selected orders to the GDR border troops. Dietmar Schultke recounts the military drill, the handling of the shoot-to-kill orders, and the harassment within the ranks, but also camaraderie and the close bond with the dogs he used to guard the border at Brocken. Jürgen Fuchs and Günter Wallraff share their views on the army and the inner-German border. "Equally compact and competent, a fact-rich yet easily readable reference work when it comes to data and statistics about the German-German border." Deutschlandfunk The most symbolically significant border in the world.