Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Trabant at Invalidenstraße border crossing [1/87]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
November 11 1989
Berlin, Invalidenstraße border crossing
Created By:
Mark ReddickLicense:
At Invalidenstraße border crossing, one of seven road crossings between East and West Berlin (between Soviet and British sectors) during the time of the Berlin Wall
Depicts
barrier grid,
Berlin Wall (West),
border strip,
group of people,
inner-Eastern Wall,
pavement,
tollgate,
Trabant (car),
trackfall of the Berlin WallPlaces
Invalidenstraße 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.
