Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: SPD politician, Egon Bahr at the border opening at Treffurt/Wann [47/87]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
November 18 1989
Between Treffurt (Erfurt district, now Thuringia) and Wanfried (Hesse)
Created By:
Hans-Joachim TuttaßLicense:
From the Set
The people of Treffurt greet citizens from Wanfried at the newly opened border; in the center of the photograph former SPD politician and federal minister Egon Bahr, who was born in Treffurt.
Depicts
banderole,
border guard,
camera,
crowd,
emotion,
inner German border,
opening of the borderborder checkpoint,
friend,
identity document,
inner German border,
joy,
November 9, 1989,
opening of the border,
photographer,
visitPeople/Organizations
Egon Karl-Heinz BahrPlaces
Treffurt,
WanfriedText in image
Treffurt / grüßt seine Gäs[te]
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.
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