The history of the Berlin Wall in rarely seen images: 65 years after its construction, film footage from the collections of the Berlin State Archives documents the period from 1961 until the fall of the Wall in 1989. Many of these historical recordings form part of the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
Image gallery
Filmstill: Ein Junge beobachtet den Bau der Mauer, West-Berlin, 1961;
Historian and Deputy Berlin Commissioner for Coming to Terms with the Past Jens Schöne, Director of the Berlin State Archives Sven Kriese and BAB Education Officer Anna Kokenge will comment on the film clips and explain their historical context.
A subsequent panel discussion will explore the film footage in greater depth and examine its significance for the remembrance of the division of Germany.
Carmen Schwietzer, Deputy Director of the Berlin State Archives, will host the evening.
(in German)
- Admission is free.
- Please register by 8 November 2026 at info@landesarchiv.berlin.de
A joint event organised by the Berlin State Archives, the Berlin Commissioner for the reappraisal of the SED dictatorship (BAB) and the Ernst Reuter Archive Foundation as part of Berlin Freedom Week.
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Dates
November 2026
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