For a very long time the Bernauer Street used to be a 'Symbol of segregation', since The Berlin Wall' / the border line between East-and West-Berlin used to be right on the east side of the the Bernauer Street. The street itself, all the way between Gartenstraße and Mauerpark, was part of West-Berlin. When 'the Berlin Wall' was first built, the houses on the eastside of Bernauer Street became part of the Wall themselves - until they were first walled up - and then torn down…