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The Wall Opens at the Brandenburg Gate, 21/22 December 1989: Dismantling of the Wall at Brandenburg Gate [2/3]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

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

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

Exhibition theme: The Border Opens

The dismantling of the first Wall segments for the new border crossing at Brandenburg Gate, which was opened in a ceremony on 22 December 1989. Over 100,000 people and hundreds of camera teams attended the ceremony, presided over by former Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Chairman of the GDR Council of Ministers, Hans Modrow.

Depicts

Berlin Wall (West), Berlin Wall graffiti (writing), border guard, crane, deconstruction of the Wall, group of people, night, policeman (FRG), remains of the Wall, Wall graffiti, Wall hole, workers

Context

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

Places

Brandenburger Tor border crossing, Brandenburg Gate

Text in image

We are all like flies / - The / Cu[l]t

God is / dead / - Nietzsche

Heike / Martin

[D]u pain / [d]u vin / [d]u Maurice

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Memory

"It was very exciting watching what was going on at the Brandenburg Gate. The square was crowded with people who wanted to witness for themselves the removal of the first sections of the Wall before it would be opened by leading politicians the next day. Workers loosened parts of the Wall with pneumatic hammers, and then a section of the Wall was lifted over to one side. After midnight the great moment finally arrived: the first opening had been created at the Brandenburg Gate. Applause from the East and the West accompanied the noise of the hammers and cranes. It was overwhelming. A night I’ll never forget."

Dietmar Bührer (West Berlin, born 1947)