An exhibition on contemporary history
November 9th is the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. On this occasion, the Goethe-Institut Montreal presents an exhibition on contemporary history produced by the Federal Foundation for the Study of Communist Dictatorship in East Germany..
The history of the Berlin Wall and of the inner-German border is documented on 20 large-format posters. On display are a number of impressive photographs and documents from the two newspapers’ archives. Addressed themes are the GDR’s border regime and its victims, escape helpers and flight, everyday life along the inner-German border and within the partitioned city, as well as the joyful overcoming of Germany’s partition during the Peaceful Revolution in 1989.
Credits and References:
Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der
SED Diktatur (Foundation for the
Study of Communist Dictatorship in
East Germany)
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