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The Berlin Wall

• German Division 1961 – 1989   • Overview and Context   • Peaceful Revolution and fall of the Berlin Wall
border crossing

© Berlin Wall Foundation, Photo: Michael-Reiner Ernst

About the history of the Berlin Wall

border crossing

© Berlin Wall Foundation, Photo: Michael-Reiner Ernst

Division and Flight

• Emigration   • Flight   • Reactions
View into the refugee center

Waiting in the courtyard of the Marienfelde emergency reception centre © Evangelische Flüchtlingsseelsorge

About the history of flight and division

View into the refugee center

Waiting in the courtyard of the Marienfelde emergency reception centre © Evangelische Flüchtlingsseelsorge

Educational program

• Guided tours   • Workshops   • Dialogue   • Inclusion
Gruppe an der Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

Foto: Gesa Simons

Explore history at the historic sites

Gruppe an der Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

Foto: Gesa Simons

Digital Offers

• Online Tours   • Apps   • Audiowalks   • Workshops
young woman with smartphone in an exhibition

Experience history online

young woman with smartphone in an exhibition

Contemporary Witnesses

• Interviews   • Videos   • Research   • Events
A panel discussion with two speakers

© Berlin Wall Foundation, Photo: Matthias Stange

We collect memories and personal stories as part of Oral History

A panel discussion with two speakers

© Berlin Wall Foundation, Photo: Matthias Stange

Research

• Projects   • Publications   • Networks
historical map section

Detail from a service map of the border troops from 1986, showing the course of the border as it was in 1981 © Berlin Wall Foundation

Information on research activities and cooperations

historical map section

Detail from a service map of the border troops from 1986, showing the course of the border as it was in 1981 © Berlin Wall Foundation

Collections & Archive

• Collections   • Research   • Requests
Glimpse into the archive

What we collect and why

Glimpse into the archive
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