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Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Falkenstein border opening [56/87]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 12 1989
Falkenstein border crossing between Probstzella (Gera district, now Thuringia) and Lauenstein (Bavaria)
Created By: Grenzpolizeiinspektion Ludwigsstadt

License: Creative Commons License

Moving the barricade to open the border between Lauenstein, a part of the Bavarian city Ludwigsstadt, and the Thuringian town of Probstzella. The border crossing was opened to pedestrian and road traffic on 12 and 13 November, 1989, respectively. The photo was taken near Falkenstein cliff, after which the border crossing was named.

Depicts

camera, crowd, inner German border, opening of the border, policeman (FRG), tollgate

Context

fall of the Berlin Wall

Places

Lauenstein, Lauenstein/Probstzella border crossing, Probstzella

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.