Past, present and future: much of what happens in Berlin has an impact on the world. And much of what happens in the world affects Berlin. BERLIN GLOBAL, an exhibition on 4,000 square metres of space, shows how the city and its people are connected with the…
The history of the Western powers in Berlin is full of suspense and drama. It begins with the American, British, and French occupying troops marching into Berlin in 1945 and ends with the Allies’ ceremonial withdrawal in 1994.
A hands-on tour of the Wall through the Berlin Wall Memorial, from the former ghost station through the original death strip, through the Chapel of Reconciliation to the famous Tunnel Escape.
A pop-up open air exhibition along the East Side Gallery, which appears in August along the Spree. A respectful approach to the neighborhood is in the foreground while several artists* realize their artistic ideas for a few days.
August 13, 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall. To mark this anniversary, the Berlin Wall Foundation will present a diverse program on the weekend of August 13 - 15 to commemorate the construction of the Wall and its…
Bernauer Strasse after the construction of the Wall (English)
Bernauer Strasse was one of the focal points of German division. The range of consequences of the construction of the Wall can be exemplified here: The destruction of urban space and lifeways, the separation of family members and friends, and the attempts to…
How did the construction of the Wall change Bernauer Strasse? What effects did the division have on people's lives? What traces of the Berlin Wall can still be seen here today? Just drop by with these and many more questions. Our live speakers will be there…
Do you feel like taking a walk along the East Side Gallery after work? In 60 minutes we discover selected works of art and experience the place in the interplay of day and evening. How does the area change, how do the artworks change with the onset of darkness…
100 Miles Berlin - 2021 Run along the former Berlin Wall
Every metre covered on the Wall Trail is reminiscent of the painful German-German border. Where until 1989 the Wall and barbed wire separated people from each other, 100 miles of Berlin leads on the former patrol path of the GDR border troops in a large circle…
The Berlin Wall Foundation and Theater Thikwa present the dance performance "At a Short Distance" by and with Linda Weißig and Stephan Sauerbier. The performance was created in 2020 as part of the Thikwa production "face to face", in which one Thikwa performer…
Babelsberg Palace and Park in the inner-German border area
The special focus of this tour will be on the time of German division, when Babelsberg Palace, built in the English neo-Gothic style, and an area of 14 hectares of the park were located in the inner-German border area.
The c/o chamber orchestra (together with actor Günter Marx) dedicates a concert to the biographies of people who were killed at the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1989 or who died in connection with the GDR border regime.
To Ingo, the Berlin Wall is anything but a blink of an eye. Born in 1961, on the day of the wall building, the construction of the "anti-fascist protective wall" will determine his entire life.
In the spring of 1990, more than 100 artists from 21 countries created the world's longest open-air gallery on 1.3 kilometers of the former border element. The art action transformed the former instrument of rule into a symbol of joy at the end of the GDR.
Revolution und Mauerfall (Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall)
At one of the sites of the Revolution, the bilingual permanent exhibition recalls the most important stations of the revolution in the GDR - from the beginnings of protest to the fall of the Wall to the completion of German unity.
Stasi Museum (Forschungs- und Gedenkstätte Normannenstraße)(Außengelände/Courtyard)
Stasi Museum (Forschungs- und Gedenkstätte Normannenstraße)(Außengelände/Courtyard)
Ruschestraße 103
10365 Berlin
When the Berlin Wall was cutting the city of Berlin
During night of August 12th, 1961, the National People’s Army began cordoning off the streets and rail lines towards West Berlin. The GDR government then allowed a wall to be built along the sector borders.
