Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Opening of the Nordhalben/Lobenstein border crossing [58/87]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
November 18 1989
Bad Lobenstein (Gera district, now Thuringia)/Nordhalben (Bavaria) border crossing
Created By:
Grenzpolizeiinspektion LudwigsstadtLicense:
The official opening of the border crossing between Nordhalben, in the Bavarian county of Kronach, and Bad Lobenstein in the Thuringian county of Saale-Orla on 18 November 1989
Depicts
child,
coat of arms,
crowd,
inner German border,
night,
opening of the border,
policeman (FRG),
Trabant (car)Places
Bad Lobenstein,
Nordhalben,
Nordhalben/Bad Lobenstein border crossingText in image
Polizei
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.
