60+ Berliner Mauer Memorial
This is a unique site.
Berliner mauer memorial. The berlin wall memorial on the border strip that had been located in east berlin an open air exhibition uses the situation on bernauer strasse to explain the history of division. The street s history shows how the berlin wall destroyed both the urban space and people s lives and how it separated friends and families. To the berlin wall memorial on bernauer strasse the historic site in the center of the capital commemorating the division of germany. The berlin wall german.
The gedenkstätte berliner mauer known in english as the berlin wall memorial is the main memorial site of the berlin wall. The gedenkstätte berliner mauer berlin wall memorial commemorates the division of berlin by the berlin wall and the deaths that occurred there. The berlin wall memorial is the central memorial site of german division located in the middle of the capital. Situated at the historic site on bernauer strasse it extends along 1 4 kilometers of the former border strip.
Gedenkstätte berliner mauer berlin wall museum. It comprises a fantastic open air exhibition and memorial space at the original historic site along bernauer straße and also includes an information centre and a documentation centre. Choose one of the three toursbased on their length. This brought back memories as when i was growing up the 1945 1990 era which focused on major history in the making.
Construction of the wall was commenced by the german democratic republic gdr east germany on 13 august 1961 the wall cut off west berlin from surrounding east germany including east berlin. This historical site in the center of the german capital is dedicated to the memory of germany s division. The documentation centre known as dokumentationszentrum berliner mauer is one of three integral elements which together make up the gedenkstatte berliner mauer berlin wall monument at bernauer straße combining a stretch of the former berlin wall the kapelle der versöhnung reconciliation chapel and across the road the documentation centre itself. Berliner mauer pronounced bɛʁˈliːnɐ ˈmaʊ ɐ was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided berlin from 1961 to 1989.
One of the sites included the outdoor memorial and actual berlin wall also known as the iron curtain. Welcome to the berlin wall memorial at bernauer strasse. The monument was created in 1998 by the federal republic of germany and the federal state of berlin.