Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: New Year's Eve at Brandenburg Gate [1/87]
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December 31 1989 - January 1 1990
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Created By:
Gerhard KrögerLicense: Not Creative Commons
Cheering crowds on both sides of the Wall around Brandenburg Gate; including footage of people celebrating on top of the Wall, while crossing the newly installed border crossing, while climbing on Brandenburg Gate, during fireworks, champagne and euphoria
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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.
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