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Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: The Wall at Brandenburg Gate on the night of opening celebrations [61/87]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

December 21 - 22 1989
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Created By: Dietmar Bührer

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

The Wall Opens at the Brandenburg Gate, 21/22 December 1989

The Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate on the night of the opening celebrations for the new Brandenburg Gate border crossing. Hundreds of camera teams and over 100,000 people attended the opening, presided over by former chancellor Helmut Kohl and the chairman of the GDR Council of Ministers, Hans Modrow.

Depicts

anarchist symbol, Berlin Wall (West), Berlin Wall graffiti (writing), CND symbol, night, Wall graffiti

Context

crane, crowd, deconstruction of the Wall, joy, opening of the border, remains of the Wall

People/Organizations

Hans Modrow, Kohl, Helmut Josef Michael

Places

Brandenburger Tor border crossing, Brandenburg Gate

Text in image

Irgendwann fällt jede Mauer!

Crazy one

Peace Lov[e]

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.