Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: A bakery stays open all night, celebrating the fall of the Wall [23/87]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
November 9 1989
Berlin, Bornholmer Straße/Schönhauser Allee
Created By:
Peter R. AscheLicense:
From the Set
The queue in front of a bakery on the night of November 9/10, 1989
Depicts
group of people,
night,
November 9, 1989,
queue,
shop,
showcasecamera,
fall of the Berlin Wall,
joy,
November 9, 1989,
opening of the border,
televisionPeople/Organizations
Günter Schabowski Places
Bornholmer Straße,
Bornholmer Straße border crossing,
Bösebrücke (bridge)Text in image
Feinbäcker[ei] / Heinz Lehman[n]
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.
