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The Foundation runs six sites in the Berlin metropolitan area. Admission is free. The sites focus primarily on the following topics: history of German division and the Berlin Wall, flight and emigration from the GDR, victims of the Berlin Wall, Berlin Wall art and Checkpoint Charlie.

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About the Berlin Wall Foundation

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We present history at the historical site. Our task is to document the history of the Berlin Wall and the migration movements from the GDR that occurred as part of and under the impact of the German division and the East-West conflict in the 20th century.

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Topics

The Wall, flight and division in Berlin

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Historical image of the Berlin Wall and the rest of the border fortifications

Concrete slab wall and border strip at Potsdamer Platz © Berlin Wall Foundation, Photo: Albrecht Roos

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Panel discussion with two people

© Berlin Wall Foundation, Photo: Matthias Stange

Become a contemporary witness

We preserve memories of German division and the Berlin Wall

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