60+ Berliner Mauer History
The stations historical photos and texts describe events that took place at the location in question and illuminate both the political situation and everyday life in the divided city.
Berliner mauer history. At 32 different stations along the wall trail inside the city it tells the story of berlin s division the construction of the wall how the wall fell and the people who died at the berlin wall. Www berliner mauer gedenkstaette de berlin wall history mile the berlin wall history mile is a permanent exhibition in four languages. Construction of the wall was commenced by the german democratic republic gdr east germany on 13 august 1961. The fall of the inner german border took place shortly afterwards.
Nur einen raumtrenner mit tür. 49 30 5252810 telefax. The fall of the berlin wall german. At 31 different stations along the inner city wall trail it tells the story of the partition the building of the wall and the opening up of the wall.
49 173 3736392. 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. The berlin wall history mile is a permanent exhibition in four languages. Mauerfall on 9 november 1989 was a pivotal event in world history which marked the falling of the iron curtain and the start of the fall of communism in eastern and central europe.
Berlin wall german berliner mauer barrier that surrounded west berlin and prevented access to it from east berlin and adjacent areas of east germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. The berlin wall history mile is a permanent exhibition in four languages. The berlin wall german. Stefan teetz hauptvertretung alt friedrichsfelde 6 a 10315 berlin telefon.
Berliner mauer pronounced bɛʁˈliːnɐ ˈmaʊ ɐ was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided berlin from 1961 to 1989. In 1994 a competition was held for the design of a monument dedicated to the victims of the berlin wall and in memory of the division of the city. On october 2 1990 the day before german reunification the east berlin magistrate declared the section of the border that ran across the sophien parish cemetery a historical monument.