Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

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  Berlin Wall Memorial: The course of the Wall is partially recreated by rods of rusting steel.

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  Chapel of Reconciliation at the Berlin Wall Memorial.

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  View of the exhibition at the Berlin Wall Memorial.

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  Roses are stuck in the Hinterlandmauer at the Berlin Wall Memorial.

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  Aerial photo: The Berlin Wall Memorial on the former death strip on Bernauer Straße.

One of the most important memorials to the Berlin Wall stretches along Bernauer Straße. The Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer (Berlin Wall Memorial) is dedicated to documenting the history of Berlin from the construction to the fall of the Wall.

The official memorial to the Wall era is located on Bernauer Straße. The street, which marked the border between Wedding (West) and Mitte (East), was the scene of tragic escapes. People from sealed-off East Berlin threw themselves out of the windows of their houses to reach the free West. 37 years after the Wall was built, on August 13, 1998, Berlin inaugurated the Wall memorial on the corner of Ackerstraße.

Wall Memorial: Dispensing with dramatic effects

The Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer (Berlin Wall Memorial) deliberately avoids dramatic effects and instead aims to be a place of contemplation. Based on an idea by Sven and Claudia Kohlhoff, an 80-metre section of borderland was enclosed by two six-metre-high steel walls. Slits in these walls allow a view into the death strip.

Chapel of Reconciliation and Documentation Center

The Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer includes a documentation center and the Chapel of Reconciliation, which was built on the site where the GDR had a church blown up in 1985 to secure the border. The new visitor center on Bernauer Straße was inaugurated at the beginning of December 2009.

Original border installations at the Berlin Wall Memorial

The exhibition area stretches over a length of 350 meters and covers one hectare. The area is part of a 1.3-kilometer memorial trail that connects original border installations and artistically designed memorial sites along Bernauer Straße.

Information panels are in German and English.

Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer: Current events and tickets

Address, Opening Hours and Contact Information

• Address:
  Bernauer Straße 111
  13355 Berlin
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• Phone: [phone]
• Internet: www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de
• Opening Hours: Visitor center and documentation center: Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; exhibition in the memorial area: Monday to Sunday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Accessibility: The visitor center is barrier-free. Elevator for wheelchair users and disabled toilet available. Access to the documentation center via ramp to the right of the main entrance. Exhibition rooms and viewing platform accessible via elevator.
• Admission Fee:
  Free