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Visitor Center

Information for visitors to the memorial site
Documentation Center

Permanent exhibition "1961 | 1989. The Berlin Wall"
Model of the Grounds Gartenstrasse

Course & structure of the border on the historic Bernauer Strasse
Model of the Grounds Brunnenstrasse

Course & structure of the border on the historic Bernauer Strasse
Model of the Grounds Schwedter Strasse

Course & structure of the border on the historic Bernauer Strasse
Border House Bernauer Strasse 10a

Site of the 1985 demolition of the Church of Reconciliation
The Chapel of Reconciliation

Site of the 1985 demolition of the Church of Reconciliation
Fall of the Berlin Wall

The end of the Berlin Wall 1989/90
Commemorative Marker for Heinz Cyrus

Remembering the fate of a victim of death on Bernauer Strasse
Tunnel

Route of two escape tunnels
Viewing Platform

View of the former border strip
Nordbahnhof Ghost Station

Former restricted area at today's Nordbahnhof S-Bahn station
Walled-Off Bergstrasse

Only street still separated by the wall today
Segments of the Wall

Dismantled wall sections
Watchtower at Strelitzer Straße

Abstract model of a watchtower in original size
Leap over the Barbed Wire

The story behind the world-famous picture
Escape in November 1986

Incident marker commemorating the escape
The Monument

Memorial to the victims of communist tyranny
Window of Remembrance

Dedicated to the at least 140 victims of the Berlin Wall
Window of Remembrance

Who died at the Berlin Wall?
Border strip

System & structure of the border
Border House Bernauer Strasse 10a

Leben mit der Mauer
Tunnel escapes

Underground escapes on Bernauer Strasse
Building of the Wall

What happened when the Berlin Wall was built?
Fall of the Berlin Wall

What happened after the Berlin Wall came down
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On the evening of August 28, 1961, Dieter R. managed...
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On the afternoon of September 12, 1961, an unknown man...
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The military conscripts Udo S. and Burckhardt B. were...
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On the afternoon of February 19, 1962, border troops...
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According to the border troops, 31,500 people visited...
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Following a fight with his wife on the evening...
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On December 16, 1966, construction workers were...
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Rainer P. and the former border officer Uwe W. ...
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Mario E. tried to escape at Wolliner Strasse...
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On August 9, 1986, to acknowledge the upcoming...
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Just past five o’clock in the morning on September 19...
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In the early evening of September 2, 1961, about 200 people...
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Erich B. lived with his wife, two children...
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On May 12, 1987, a person was arrested...
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Jörg S. decided to flee with his friends...
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On October 18, 1961, construction workers...
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On the evening of November 10, 1983, border soldiers...
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On the evening of October 6, 1961, border police arrested...
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On the morning of September 29, 1961, Ms. K. ...
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The border troops set up an observation post...
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To create a pathway behind the border houses...
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On the morning of October 3, 1962, 200 teenagers...
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On the evening of May 24, 1973, Juergen B. ...
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On the afternoon of March 29, 1962, Johannes M. offered...
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Jan-Michael G. wanted to flee at Ruppiner Straße...
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Three young men were able to escape...
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On the morning of September 8, 1961 the photographer...
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Juergen B. had already climbed over the wire...
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On June 19, 1962, West Berlin police heard three shots...
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On the evening of August 24, 1961, Detlef M. ...
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Renate L., a secretary for the East-Berlin housing...
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At about one o’clock in the morning on October 27, 1968...
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Klaus-Peter K. was arrested by border troops...
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On the evening of September 7, 1966, the border guard...
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At about five o’clock in the morning...
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After the Wall was built, a border crossing continued...
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On November 4, 1961, three border guards assigned...
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A man was arrested while trying to flee...
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An unknown man was able to escape...
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On the evening of November 19, 1986, Dieter H. was...
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Bernd Sp. fled in the evening or night...
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Frank K. applied for an exit visa...
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After the Wall fell on November 9, 1989, the borders...
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On September 24, 1961 a man was able to escape...
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After the Wall was built, renovation work begun...
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On the evening of March 21, 1970, a 22-year-old man...
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In 1962 and 1963, side and back buildings adjoined...
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Max W. slid down a rope from his first-floor apartment...
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For ten days after the Wall was built...
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Just past midnight on September 23, 1961...
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In the area of Brunnenstraße alone, eight people were...
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The D. family fled to the West from...
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An unknown person used a ladder to flee...
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A second wall made of concrete plates was built...
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The East German policemen Rudolf K. and Reinhardt R. ...
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On the evening of September 17, 1961 three people...
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With the help of a West Berlin fire brigade, Ella K. ...
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While thousands of people in East Berlin were demonstrating...
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Gerd L. attempted to flee to the West...
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To prevent further escape attempts...
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On October 19, 1979, border guards arrested...
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When Anni M. returned from vacation...
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Between December 1964 to November 1965, 19 people...
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Private Klaus Sch. was assigned duty...
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Günter Tr. worked for the Murante company...
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On May 5, 1980, East German police arrested...
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Irma B. fled to the West from her apartment...
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After the Wall was built, a few people tried...
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Werner U. was arrested in the border area...
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In September 1962, a border troop patrol discovered...
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Heinz K. worked as a truck driver for the...
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Just after midnight on September 20, 1961, border guards...
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The evacuation of the border houses on Bernauer Straße...
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On August 11, 1971, the border troops arrested...
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After the Knittel family decided to flee...
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On September 19, 1961, a person fled...
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On October 15, 1961, at around 9 p.m. ...
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On the morning of September 23, 1961, border guards...
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On October 7, 1961, border guards apprehended...
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At midday on September 19, 1961, residents...
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Border guards apprehended the apprentice...
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On the evening of August 22, 1961, a young woman...
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On the evening of September 25, 1961, Rudolf B. ...
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A newspaper from the West reported...
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The border policeman Lutz M. fled to the West...
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Karl-Heinz S. fled through the window...
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In May 1962, Dieter T., who was only 18 years old...
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On the morning of October 25, 1961, residents...
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On the night of October 26, 1961, two men...
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On December 5, 1961, a 27-year-old man...
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On September 22, 1961, the F. family fled...
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Mrs. K., her daughter-in-law and...
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Monika Schaar, who originally came from...
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On October 17, 1961, Rudolf K., a transport worker...
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On August 26, 1961, a woman jumped...
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Wilfried K. was arrested by border guards right...
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Following a fight with a party secretary...
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Following a fight with a party secretary...
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A few days after the border was closed...
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At around 4 a.m. on August 30, 1961, five people...
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Heinz V. had just about completed...
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Border soldiers arrested Martin M. ...
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On August 13, 1961, the border fortifications...
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Gerd Sch. almost succeeded in fleeing...
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Hildegard K. worked as a singer for East...
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At midday on December 6, 1961, Private K. was on...
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On January 29, 1962 a young man fled...
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Bernd B. tried to climb over the Wall...
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A family fled from the first floor of the building...
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At midday on August 19, 1961, two unknown persons...
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At around 1:30 a.m. on August 30, 1961...
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The construction of the Berlin Wall evoked anger...
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Jaschkowitz family gravesite. The family residing...
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On November 21, 1966, Dieter D. was observed...
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Private Manfred H. was arrested by his...
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From December 1964 to November 1965, just in the area...
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Jörg H. climbed over the cemetery wall...
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Karl-Heinz Br. and Gerd W. tried to flee across...
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On October 22, 1961, the private Werner K. was...
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Winfried T. was arrested when he...
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An unknown person was arrested...
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Wolfgang A. was arrested while tending...
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Helmut P. tried to reach the West...
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On New Year’s Eve 1965, Hartmut B. and Günter M. ...
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For different reasons, a number of people from West Berlin...
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Uwe W. observed the border fortifications...
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Not all fugitives who had to give up...
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On December 29, 1961, the border guard Alfred Sch. was...
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On February 16, 1962, border guard sergeant Egon Z. succeeded...
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Bodo H. was arrested on April 15, 1966...
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On April 2, 1977, an unknown person was...
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On October 29, 1966, Siegfried J., who had...
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Graves on the Sophien parish cemetery were continually...
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East German border guards arrested Erich-Klaus D. ...
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The only building between Bergstraße and Gartenstraße...
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On October 26, 1962, two young men in their early twenties...
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Horst Walter K. approached the border strip...
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Early in the morning on March 17, 1964, an unidentified person...
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After August 13, 1961, people from East and West Berlin came...
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On June 18, 1985, three people were arrested...
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On his birthday, May 19, 1966, Peter St. tried...
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On January 18, 1974, Karl-Heinz M. was arrested...

Übersichtskarte

Visitor Center

Documentation Center

Model of the Grounds Gartenstrasse

Model of the Grounds Brunnenstrasse

Model of the Grounds Schwedter Strasse

Border House Bernauer Strasse 10a

The Chapel of Reconciliation

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Commemorative Marker for Heinz Cyrus

Tunnel

Viewing Platform

Nordbahnhof Ghost Station

Walled-Off Bergstrasse

Segments of the Wall

Watchtower at Strelitzer Straße

Leap over the Barbed Wire

Escape in November 1986

The Monument

Window of Remembrance

Window of Remembrance

Border strip

Border House Bernauer Strasse 10a

Tunnel escapes

Building of the Wall

Fall of the Berlin Wall

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