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Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Border guards [25/87]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 11 1989
Berlin, Eberswalder Straße/Bernauer Straße border crossing
Created By: Peter R. Asche

License: Creative Commons License

Border guards at Eberswalder Strasse/Bernauer Strasse border crossing, installed on 11 November 1989

Depicts

Berlin Wall, border guard, Coca-Cola, group of people, man, opening of the border, Wall graffiti

Context

fall of the Berlin Wall

Places

Eberswalder Straße (Prenzlauer Berg)/Bernauer Straße (Wedding) border crossing

Text in image

Coca-Cola / Coke

Coke / Coca-Cola

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.

Original Caption

"Even the National People's Army drinks Coca Cola"