• Core area is 500 m between Gartenstraße and Strelitzer Straße, so younger kids can skip the full 1.4 km
• Stroller friendly: the outdoor grounds are mostly barrier-free, and both centers have elevators and diaper changing
• A heavy subject, since panels and the Window of Remembrance cover people who died at the border, so talk it through first

The memorial runs 1.4 km along Bernauer Straße, where the border split the street in two. Rusty steel rods trace the line of the Wall, and markers show escape tunnels and spots where people died trying to cross.

From the viewing tower at the Documentation Center, kids look down into the last preserved stretch of the death strip, watchtower included. Best with school-age kids who know some of the history.