Behind the scenes

Excerpt from Aktuelle Kamera of November 10, 1989; © DRA/Screenshot

How the GRD Saw the “Wende”: Documents of East German Television in the Internet

Punctually on the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall the German Broadcasting Archive is presenting documentation from 1989 and 1990 from East German television in the Internet. Chronicles, thematic dossiers, photographs, audio samples and videos impressively reflect the view of GRD television on the revolution that was taking place in its own country.More ...
Tresor Club Floor, Berlin; copyright: Tresor Berlin

Boom boom boom: Techno in Germany after the Wall

Berlin techno culture was born with the fall of the Wall.More ...
Brandenburger Tor; Copyright: Berlin Partner/FTB-Werbefotografie

City on the Move

The German capital is a place of unlimited possibilities for artists. Berlin does not just welcome politicians and ambassadors, but also theatre directors, photographers and disc jockeys from all over the world.More ...
The former Helmstedt-Marienborn border checkpoint, 1998; Copyright: Press and Information Office of the Federal Government

20 Years of a Reunified Europe – a Look into the Past and the Future by Karl Schlögel

2009 marks the twentieth anniversary of the political changes which took place in the annus mirabilis of 1989. At the time, there was a fundamental shift in the coordinates in which post-war generations had grown up. There was no longer an East or a West, but something in between – Central Europe.More ...

1989/2009 – Literature and the Fall of the Wall   deutschenglishPolskiportuguês

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

The Wall in the World

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On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, twenty bricks are sent into the world. Join the journey!

Dossier: The Fall of the Wall – New Perspectives on 1989

The dossier compiles people’s experiences from both East and West – it looks back at German history and opens up new perspectives.

Guide to German cinema

Addresses, festivals,
archives and references