Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: On Werra Bridge at Vacha [1/87]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
November 10 1989
Werra Bridge at Vacha
Created By:
Renate BörnerLicense:
From the Set
Driving over Werra Bridge, also known as the "Bridge of Unity", which joins Vacha in Thuringia with Philippsthal in Hesse
Depicts
barbed wire fence,
nature,
riverAlexanderplatz demonstration,
bank,
birthday,
border checkpoint,
consumption,
crowd,
fall of the Berlin Wall,
identity document,
inner German border,
joy,
merchandize,
opening of the border,
television,
traffic,
welcome moneyPlaces
Bridge of German Unity,
Philippsthal (Werra),
VachaOther 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.
