Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Two border guards in front of the Wall graffiti "Olsen Gang" [26/87]
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November 1989 Berlin, Eberswalder Straße/Bernauer Straße border crossing Created By: Peter R. Asche
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Two border guards at the Wall, in front of a caricature of the "Olsen Gang", (Wikipedia article, retrieved on April 23, 2009), the title of a Danish series of criminal comedies made between 1968 and 1998
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.
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