Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: View over the border fence [1/87]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
November 17 1989
Heinersgrün (Saxony)/Töpen (Bavaria) border crossing, A 72
Created By:
Berthold FlessaLicense:
From the Set
From the Set
Depicts
autobahn,
border fence,
inner German border,
nature,
watchtowerautobahn,
celebration,
inner German border,
joy,
opening of the border,
traffic,
welcome giftPlaces
Heinersgrün,
Heinersgrün border crossing,
TöpenOther 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.
