Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Border guards at the Eberswalder Straße/Bernauer Straße border crossing [4/87]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
November 11 1989
Berlin, Eberswalder Straße/Bernauer Straße border crossing
Created By:
Freya SingerLicense:
Border guards and departing GDR citizens at the new Eberswalder Straße/Bernauer Straße border crossing, installed on 11 November 1989
Depicts
barrier grid,
Berlin Wall (East),
border guard,
camera crew,
child,
child's pushchair,
crowd,
flower,
opening of the borderfall of the Berlin Wall,
friendshipPlaces
Eberswalder Straße (Prenzlauer Berg)/Bernauer Straße (Wedding) border crossingOther 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.
Original Caption
"Tour along the Wall with friends – we want to be part of it and witness the moment."
