Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Wall remains in Berlin-Steinstücken [1/87]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
May 1 1990
Berlin-Steinstücken
Duration: ca 12 Min min.
Created By:
Christine KrügerLicense: Not Creative Commons
From the Set
The partially dismantled Wall in Berlin-Steinstücken (
Wikipedia article, retrieved on January 6, 2010), one of the ten West-Berliner exclaves while the Wall was up
Depicts
Berlin Wall,
cleared border strip,
May Day,
remains of the Wallbicycle,
construction of the Wall,
fall of the Berlin Wall,
hope,
houses,
leisure time,
luckiness,
May Day,
savings bank,
sorrowPlaces
Berlin-SteinstückenOther 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.
Original Caption
"You can see properties belonging to the West Berlin exclave behind the remains of the Wall which had already become pretty pockmarked come May Day 1990. The car pit in front of the Wall would have prevented anyone from trying to crash their way through the Wall."
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