Berlin is a city with a rich cultural heritage, with incredible architecture, museums, theaters, galleries, but for many tourists it is primarily associated with the notorious Berlin Wall. The concrete fence height of more than three meters, surrounded by barbed wire, a length of one hundred and sixty kilometers, was not just a border between two parts of the German state, it shared thousands of families for almost thirty years overnight.

The Berlin Wall was erected in the late summer of 1961 , and it fell only in the autumn of 1989, during this time, when trying to cross it, about seventy-five thousand people were detained and convicted, and more than a thousand were shot on the spot, including even children. In November 1989, Germans from eastern Berlin were allowed to cross the border in the presence of special visas, but people did not wait to receive them and forcefully stormed the wall, behind which they were joyfully welcomed by the inhabitants of Germany.

This was an event of a global scale, about the reunification of families, the city and the whole state were spoken in all corners of the planet. In a matter of days, there was no stone left on the wall, its fragments, which West Berlin artists decorated with eloquent graffiti, were sold for considerable money in private collections. The interest of tourists to this unique historical object has not abated so far. Many people come to Berlin just to see with their own eyes at least its ruins, but even the Berliners themselves can not say with certainty where exactly it was. Therefore, today the initiative group with the support of a special EU fund is engaged in the restoration of fragments of the Berlin Wall, trying to use the same building materials and achieving the maximum historical conformity.

So, for example, an almost eight hundred-meter section of the wall along the Bernauer Strasse was reconstructed here people often tried to cross the border illegally, and their lives ended tragically. When rebuilding the walls, the same plates were used, of which it consisted initially, it was necessary to buy them from private collectors around the world at a price of one thousand EUR for each fragment. The full picture is provided by three sentinel towers, which numbered more than three hundred before the beginning of the 90.

Today these unique objects arouse great tourist interest, and are also a symbol of freedom, unity and invincibility of people who once lived in complete isolation

Reviews of the Berlin Wall (5)

Evaluation 10

Own route on the Berlin Wall February 20, 2015

Igor

was here in January 2015

If you want to fully experience the atmosphere of the Berlin Wall, it's better to make a route yourself. We did so. The route included the most interesting places that are connected with the wall. The first stop was a memorial on Potsdamer Platz. There you can see the skyscrapers, and the building of the Bundesrat and, in fact, the memorial itself. These are several plates, painted graffiti and pasted with chewing gums. Next we moved east to checkpoint Charlie. Here is really the atmosphere - full of Soviet flags, everywhere sold ... Read the full review

The Museum of the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie September 29, 2014

Seo-med

was here in September 2014

The museum was founded shortly after the erection of the Berlin Wall in the form of an exposition on the struggle for human rights and was later supplemented by stories of successful escapes from the GDR to the territory of the FRG and attempts made.
The location of Checkpoint Charlie was chosen not by chance.
Earlier there was a checkpoint from the American zone of Berlin to the Russian. The inscription on the shield read: "You are leaving the US sector."
There is also a large portrait of a Soviet soldier hanging on the street, quite ... Read the full review

Evaluation 10

Exposition of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz June 20, 2014

Alena

was here in December 2013

Fragments of the Berlin Wall are scattered all over Berlin, and they are located not only in the places where the wall passed, but at various museum exhibitions and temporary exhibitions. The pieces of the wall were preserved in Mühlen-Straße Street, where it was painted by world-famous artists and on the territory of the Museum of Terror. In other places they meet just as part of the exhibition. We happened to see her remains on Potsdamer Platz, there is an entire exposition dedicated to the wall. The stands are located ... Read the full review

Evaluation 7

Separation Symbol. January 23, 2014

Dmitry Konstantinovich

was here in January 2014

If you do not even have a basic knowledge of history, or just do not care about it, then for you the Berlin Wall will not be anything other than a piece of ordinary concrete. But if you know what it was built for, how long it existed, and what its role in the history of Germany, then you should visit it.
I was in Berlin in the autumn, and went to visit it in my spare time, because in the plans of excursions she did not enter. It is located on Potsdamer Platz. Not a large piece of the wall that is depicted ... Read full review

Evaluation 9

Berlin Wall - German Split Memorial September 26, 2013

Vitalina

was here in February 2012

The Berlin Wall was destroyed a quarter of a century ago, but the Germans keep its wreckage, as a memory, and tourists are actively interested. Remains of the wall can be found in several areas of the city, I also caught my eye and the camera lens only at Potsdamer Platz.
If you do not know the history, the Berlin Wall monument can be missed and passed by. Although the uncle was sitting nearby in military uniform of that time and offered for a small fee a passport showing that I'm really here ... Read full review