Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Giving West German visitors a warm welcome [65/87]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
December 24 1989
Plauen
Created By:
Rudolf BartschLicense: Not Creative Commons
From the Set
Depicts
car,
child,
German flag,
group of people,
streetcourage,
crowd,
demonstration,
force,
freedom of travel,
inner German border,
joy,
music,
October 7, 1989,
reform,
turning point,
visa,
water cannonPlaces
PlauenText in image
WUN [...]
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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