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Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Preparations for the border crossing opening at Hohen Neuendorf/Frohnau [87/87]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

February 3 1990
Berlin/Brandenburg, Berliner Straße (Hohen Neuendorf)/Oranienburger Chaussee (Frohnau) border crossing
Duration: 11:20 min.
Created By: Dirk Liborius

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

The Border Opens at Hohen Neuendorf/Berlin-Frohnau, 17 February 1990

Preparations for the opening of the new border crossing at Berliner Straße (Hohen Neuendorf)/Oranienburger Chausee (Frohnau) in Forhnau on February 17 1990: A welcome banner is hung up and hand-made city limits signs for each of the two towns are erected. Followed by footage of the border strip, partially filmed from a watch tower.

Depicts

banderole, barrier grid, Berlin Wall, border guard, border strip, child, coat of arms, fire service, group of people, guard room, nature, opening of the border, street, street sign, watchtower

People/Organizations

police (FRG)

Places

Berliner Straße (Hohen Neuendorf)/Oranienburger Chaussee border crossing, Other places (Berlin)

Text in image

Frohnau grüsst seine Gäste

Hohen-Neuendorf / 1,5 km / Berlin

Polizei

Teerbau

Hohen Neuendorf / Land Brandenburg

Frohnau / Land Berlin

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.