The official GDR gazette publishes a regulation on the "Protection of the State Border of the GDR". It states that special permission is required to enter the buffer zone of 500 metres and the prohibited zone of five kilometres to the German-German border.
Residents in both these zones are banned from leaving their apartments between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.. Residents in both zones are required to report to the GDR security authorities all people who enter the two zones without permission, or face prison sentences or fines.less
