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Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Welcoming West German citizens with music [66/87]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

December 24 1989
Plauen
Created By: Rudolf Bartsch

License: Not Creative Commons

From the Set

Welcoming West Germans, Plauen, 24 December 1989

Depicts

car, Christmas, group of people, man, musical instrument, musician

Context

courage, crowd, demonstration, force, freedom of travel, inner German border, joy, music, October 7, 1989, reform, turning point, visa, water cannon

Places

Plauen

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.