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Events on November 09

Fall of the Wall events on November 09, 2024

35 Jahre Mauerfall

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Festival for Freedom

November 09, 2024

Berlin is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a lavish "Festival for Freedom" on 9 November 2024.  more

I - You - We: Voices on the fall of the Wall

For five weeks, the Berlin Wall Foundation collected the memories of people in Berlin on the fall of the Berlin Wall. On November 9, selected videos will be projected onto the back of the East Side Gallery. more

The West Did Not Have to Arrive in the East!

During this symposium, contemporary witnesses of the 1990s and cultural actors who are active today will come together to share their experiences and engage in a mediated exchange about continuities and ruptures. more

Choir Concert 35 Years Fall of the Berlin Wall

A musical celebration of freedom! This special choir concert celebrates the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall! The significant moments of this time are honored with powerful songs. more

"Let us in!" The opening of the Wall at Checkpoint Charlie

Photographer Mathias Brauner captures the moment of the fall of the Wall at Checkpoint Charlie with his cameras. more

The upheaval of 1989/90 and German unity: mixed feelings?

The artists painted their messages for a united Europe on the Berlin Wall in 1990. Some took their experiences from 1990 as inspiration for their artwork. more

Vertigo - Berlin 1989

Vertigo - Berlin 1989 - the flying ball house through the ages A time travel party to the turning point to mark the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Experience an unforgettable evening with our journey back in time to the time of reunification. The... more

"History is being made - things are moving forward!"

Everyday life, mass protests, social movements, houses and streets, continuities and upheavals, destinies and feelings. And always with a view of the Berlin Wall. more

Traces of the Past: Exploring the Berlin Wall

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Berlin Wall: Where It Still Stands

Most visitors to Berlin want to see the Wall. But of the concrete barrier that once divided the German capital, only remnants remain. Where to find pieces of the real thing.  more

East Side Gallery

East Side Gallery

After the German reunification, artists have turned this former stretch of the Berlin Wall into the largest open-air gallery in the world.  more

Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie was the best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin during the Cold War. At the height of the Berlin Crisis in 1961 U.S. and Soviet tanks faced each other here.  more

Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

The Documentation Centre known as Dokumentationszentrum Berliner Mauer is an important source of information and an original documentary source/archive devoted to the history of the Berlin Wall.  more

Die Stasiopfer-Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen

Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial

A visit to the former Stasi prison is a chilling reminder of the fate of the thousands who fell victim to political persecution in the former East Germany.  more

Mauerpark Berlin

Mauerpark

Mauerpark is a public park in the Prenzlauer Berg district. A former part of the Berlin Wall, the park is popular with people of all ages and turns into a flea market and karaoke stage on weekends.  more

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