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Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: The chiseled Wall [10/87]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

December 1989
Berlin, near Potsdamer Platz
Created By: Dagmar Lipper

License: Creative Commons License

Depicts

Berlin Wall (West), Berlin Wall graffiti (writing), chisel traces, graffiti (mural), Wall graffiti, Wall hole

Places

Potsdamer Platz

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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.

Original Caption

"It was fun watching how, little by little, people were making creative use of the Wall and how it changed on an almost daily basis."