The white line on the map was the iron curtain. Until November 10, 1989, at 6 pm, Europe and Germany were divided. The Glienicke Bridge connected Potsdam in East Germany with West Berlin.
From Potsdam facing Berlin. The bridge served as the location where spies were exchanged, as in the famous case of the downed U2 spy plane pilot, Gary Powers, and the Russian spy William Fischer, aka Rudolf Abel.
Notice the spy in the back ground.
“Glienicke Bridge. To those who named it the Bridge of Unity but also built the wall, topped it with barbed wire, created deadly boundaries, and thus prevented unity.”
Lake Havel.