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During the tour of the former border strip, the consequences of the construction of the Wall are illustrated using Bernauer Strasse as an example. Blind and visually impaired people experience the historical site with the help of auditory and tactile... moreabout: Touch guidance
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On 420 square meters the exhibition is dedicated to the history of the division of Berlin. It explains the political-historical background from the building of the Wall to the fall of the Wall and reunification. How did the Wall come to be built? Why... moreabout: 1961 | 1989. The Berlin Wall
A monument to commemorate the division of Berlin? That already exists. But how would you design a memorial that makes the diverse networks of the divided city visible? Which borders, connections and infrastructures would you show? And which networks are... moreabout: Creative workshop: Rediscovering monuments
Together we search Bernauer Strasse for small and large traces of the Berlin Wall. We will find out why there is a memorial here and what its purpose is. We will ask important questions: Why was a wall built in the first place? How did it change people's... moreabout: When Berlin divided the Wall
Discover the Berlin Wall Memorial with all your senses and learn more about the construction of the Wall and its consequences. You will learn how people lived with the Wall and why others fled. Our guides bring sounds and smells as well as things you... moreabout: The Berlin Wall with all your senses
To mark Open Monument Day in Berlin, we are offering an exclusive guided tour of the history of the escape tunnel on Schönholzer Straße. In 2023, a 13-meter-long section of an escape tunnel was uncovered during construction work. It was built in the... moreabout: Escape tunnel 1970
When the Wall was built, many S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations in Berlin became so-called ghost stations. Participants will follow in the footsteps of the ghost stations in and around Nordbahnhof and have the exclusive opportunity to visit a pedestrian tunnel... moreabout: Ghost stations in divided Berlin
Bernauer Strasse was one of the focal points of German division. The range of consequences of the construction of the Wall can be exemplified here: The destruction of urban space and lifeways, the separation of family members and friends, and the attempts... moreabout: Bernauer Strasse after the Wall was built
When it comes to what the Berlin Wall divided, one aspect has been neglected in the culture of remembrance: The Wall also tore Berlin’s queer community apart, separating queer couples and friendships. After all, even in the 1950s and 1960s, Berlin was... moreabout: Threatened Desire – Queer Life in Divided Berlin, 1945–1970
In the GDR, the Baltic Sea represented a space where two realities overlapped: a vacation destination and a state border under deadly guard. While many people spent their summers on the coast, others attempted to escape the SED dictatorship across those... moreabout: Where Hummingbirds Swim
On Open Monument Day, we take a look at the infrastructure of division and its traces in the urban space. We all live in networks - but what happens when these are forcibly separated? The Lapidarium of the Berlin Wall Foundation brings together the structural... moreabout: Interrupted networks
Bernauer Strasse was a focal point of Germany's division. The Berlin Wall Memorial commemorates this period in history. The memorial includes the monument, completed in 1998 and designed out of a largely preserved section of the border fortifications;... moreabout: Overview tour in English
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