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Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Hole in the Wall at Checkpoint Charlie [5/87]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

June 1990
Berlin, Friedrichstraße border crossing (Checkpoint Charlie)
Created By: Jürgen Lottenburger

License: Creative Commons License

Depicts

Berlin Wall, chisel traces, group of people, ladder, remains of the Wall, steel reinforcement, Wall graffiti, Wall hole

Places

Checkpoint Charlie, Other places (Berlin)

Other items in this set

Almost everyone knows to this day where he or she was on 9 November 1989. The joy at being suddenly granted the freedom to travel, also to West Germany, was immense. Each time a new border crossing was opened, people celebrated. In the same way, the removal of segments of the Wall and of border fence, as well as the reconstruction of roads between East and West became important events. Countless photographs and films taken in Berlin and at the inner-German border document these incidents as they occurred – thus preserving the good fortune of experiencing everything live for the family album.