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Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Procession with band [48/87]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 18 1989
Between Treffurt (Erfurt district, now Thuringia) and Wanfried (Hesse)
Created By: Hans-Joachim Tuttaß

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

Treffurt/Wanfried Border Crossing, 18 November 1989

Procession with band to celebrate the border opening between the towns of Treffurt and Wanfried

Depicts

crowd, inner German border, opening of the border, wind orchestra

Context

border checkpoint, friend, identity document, inner German border, joy, November 9, 1989, opening of the border, photographer, visit

People/Organizations

Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr

Places

Treffurt, Wanfried

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.