Phantom Border
April 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Phantom Border
Wednesday, April 23, 5-6 p.m.
Vermont author Kerstin Lange considers the 870-mile-long border — now a unique nature preserve called the Green Belt — that divided her native Germany during the Cold War at the Burnham Memorial Library in Colchester. Over 1,200 rare animal and plant species found refuge in the highly militarized border strip. What was it like to live next to one of the world’s most draconian borders, and what can the Green Belt tell us about ecological belonging? Register.