The Berlin Wall | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner Mauer
Nov 9, 1989 · The 155-kilometer-long Berlin Wall, which cut through the middle of the city center, surrounded West Berlin from August 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989. The Wall was designed to prevent people from escaping to the West from East Berlin.
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The Foundation runs six sites in the Berlin metropolitan area. Admission is free. The sites focus primarily on the following topics: history of German division and the Berlin Wall, flight and emigration from the GDR, victims of the Berlin Wall, Berlin …
The Berlin Wall Memorial | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung …
The Berlin Wall Memorial runs along both sides of Bernauer Strasse. The outdoor exhibition, which uses the Bernauer Strasse to illustrate the history of the Berlin Wall, is presented on the former border strip, which was situated on the East Berlin side of the border.
Historical Site | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner Mauer
The Wall on Bernauer Strasse was just a part of a 155-kilometer-long border that went all around West Berlin.
Research Projects | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner Mauer
The Berlin Wall Foundation conducts historical research projects on the history of German division, German-German migration, the division of Berlin, the Berlin Wall and its victims. Unlike universities and non-university research institutions, the Foundation does not conduct basic or method-generating research.
Bernauer Strasse | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner Mauer
The history of this street shows how the Berlin Wall impacted the city, how it destroyed urban space and human lives, and separated family and friends. It documents the people who attempted to escape the dictatorship by fleeing to the West and the efforts of many to deny the state its claim to power by helping those who wanted to flee.
Sites | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner Mauer
The longest preserved piece of the Berlin Wall, standing between Ostbahnhof and Oberbaumbrücke, is known worldwide as the East Side Gallery. After the Wall fell, 118 artists from 21 countries redesigned 1.3 kilometers of the former border into the longest open-air …
Collections & Archive | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner …
Today, the memorial’s lapidarium serves as the central storage area for original Wall relics from all over Berlin. The collection, which contains photographs, documents, media, postcards, files and printed material, focuses on the history of Bernauer Strasse, from the Wall’s construction to the establishment of the memorial.
The Berlin Wall on Mühlenstrasse: 1961-1989
It resembled the “Border Wall 75” that usually faced West Berlin. The 3.5-meter-high wall elements were meant to obstruct the view of the death strip. The historic relics on Mühlenstrasse give an impression of how increased security measures and ongoing expansion of the Berlin Wall made the border increasingly invincible.
Collections & Archive | Berlin Wall Foundation - Stiftung Berliner …
The Foundation collects original objects and historical artefacts related to the Berlin Wall and the history of the division. The collections include all forms of material cultural assets, especially objects, photographs, documents and publications. Original remains oft he Wall from all over Berlin are preserved in the memorial's lapidarium.