Commemorative sites

The Berlin Wall Memorial is the central memorial site recalling German division. Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer StrasseMore information

The story of East German refugees’ flight to the west is documented here at the historic site of this former refugee center. Marienfelde Refugee Center Museum (Erinnerungsstätte Notaufnahmelager Marienfelde)More information

The site of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial is linked like almost no other with the history of political persecution in the Soviet occupation zone and the GDR. Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial (Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen)More information

On 24 August 1961, Günter Litfin was shot and killed by members of the transport police as he attempted to flee to West Berlin. He became the first victim of shots fired at the border between East and West Berlin after the Wall went up on 13 August 1961. This memorial was established in memory of Günter Litfin and of all the other victims of the SED regime who were killed or injured on the GDR border. Memorial for Günter LitfinMore information

This memorial lists the number of known and confirmed deaths for each year on original segments of the Wall (based on research done by December 2003). Wall memorial in the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-HausMore information