Family album 1989/90


20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall: The results of the contest “Family album 1989/90” allow us to look into the private family histories of young Belarusians.
“My 1989”






What is kept in memory? Nine authors from six countries take a female look at the year the Wall fell and at Europe’s centre.
Cracking Walls


Cracking Walls is the Goethe-Institut’s contribution to the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, bridging Germany’s past and South Africa’s present.
1989/2009: Twenty Years after the Fall



A techno party, films, exhibitions, conferences and discussions: The Goethe-Institut Montréal lets you experience what happened in 1989 and thereafter.
1989 – 10 Wall Stories





Stories by famous writers, illustrated by the comic-artist Henning Wagenbreth: a book, an exhibition, a multitude of events
1989–2009: Turbulent World – Telling Time



Contemporary Photography and Video Works
from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Germany
German Film Festival New Zealand


2009 will see the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. 20 years of change captured by a new generation of filmmakers. We will bring you the best of these stories. Watch Out!
The Wall in the World


On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, twenty bricks are sent into the world. Join the journey!
1989/2009 – Literature and the Fall of the Wall




Is the distance to the historic event after 20 years making new avenues of approach possible? Selected works and author profiles
After the Fall – Europe after 1989


A European theatre project by the Goethe-Institut on the impact of the fall of the Berlin wall
49–89–2009: History of the two Germanies for students of German

Experience history, improve your German, with interactive exercises, tasks, forum-comments and polls
Literature about the fall of the wall


Literature about the fall of the wall and the process of Germany's reunification.
20 Years after the Fall of the Wall


With conferences, exhibitions, film series and other events the Goethe-Institut Italy commemorates the Fall of the Wall and its far-reaching impacts.
Icons of a Border Installation: Photographic Search for Traces in Today's Berlin


On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, the Goethe-Institut will bring this photo exhibition to the USA in January 2009 for one year.
Crossing Boundaries




Third competition by the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” and the Goethe-Institut





























