60+ Berliner Mauer Event
In the years between 1949 and 1961 about 2 5 million east germans had fled from east to west germany including steadily rising numbers of skilled workers professionals and intellectuals.
Berliner mauer event. The monument was created in 1998 by the federal republic of germany and the federal state of berlin. The berlin wall german. The berlin festival week from 4 10 november marks the 30 th anniversary of the peaceful revolution and the fall of the berlin wall. Construction of the wall was commenced by the german democratic republic gdr east germany on 13 august 1961.
On the occasion of november 9 a large number of events in berlin will deal with topics such as reunification the construction of the berlin wall the division of the world during the cold war and the overcoming of the wall by the peaceful revolution of 1989. The documentation centre known as dokumentationszentrum berliner mauer is an important source of information and an original documentary source archive devoted to the history of the berlin wall. The capital city was transformed into a large open air exhibition and event location.