People laid flowers at the site of the memorial to the Berlin Wall, and an art installation of posters and placards marked the path of the largely demolished Cold War dividing line through the German capital.Thousands celebrated in Berlin Saturday on the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the subsequent disintegration of former Communist East Germany, and eventually the Soviet Union, which led to German reunification.
Many placed flowers in a rare remaining chunk of the structure at the site the Berlin Wall memorial, including President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Economy Minister Robert Habeck also visited the commemorations…. Sign in
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An exhibition of posters designed by Germam citizens is seen at the government district to mark the 35th anniversary of the peaceful revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Christoph Soeder/dpa
An exhibition of posters designed by Germam citizens is seen at the government district to mark the 35th anniversary of the peaceful revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Christoph Soeder/dpa
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Berlin is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a huge open-air installation, and numerous other events to follow this weekend.
The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989 after months of peaceful protests in East Germany, with full reunification coming less than a year later in October 1990.
Some 5,000 posters are on display in the centre of Berlin along the former route of the Wall, in an exhibition titled: “We hold freedom high.”
Created in workshops held by schools, church parishes and cultural associations, the banners combine the demands made by demonstrators against the former socialist dictatorship, along with the aspirations of modern Germany.
The installation, which took several days to set up, is around 4 kilometres long, extending from the Reichstag to the Brandenburg Gate and the well-known Potsdamer Platz square.
Multimedia presentations and small exhibitions at several stops along the route provide information about the events of 1989.
On Saturday, a concert is to be held along the installation featuring hundreds of musicians playing the “Soundtrack of Freedom,” organizers said.
