The history of the cold war in Germany can be hardly be felt anywhere better than in the formerly divided city of Berlin. November 9 2014 marked the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall. In the meantime, a whole new generation has grown up who has never lived with the Wall as a reality. To them, the Wall, barbed wire and a division of Berlin in East and West are history. For those who were there when the Wall came down, Germany's more recent history is still emotionally very present. The team of Top10 Berlin has compiled a list of locations where the history of the two Germanys can still be experienced today.
The Tränenpalast ("Palace of Tears") near Bahnhof Friedrichstraße is home to the permament exhibition "GranzErfahrungen", giving an insight into the day-to-day life of a country divided in two.
The Allied Forces Museum on Zehlendorf's Clay-Allee illustrates the history of the western allies in Berlin. From the end of World War II, over the Berlin Air Lift to Checkpoint Charlie - all this and more are to be discovered there.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Stadtmuseum Berlin deals with the insular city that West-Berlin was dedicating it the exhibition "WEST:BERLIN - an island in search of the mainland".
„Ich bin ein Berliner“ – John F. Kennedy said this famous sentence in front of the Schöneberg City Hall when he visited Berlin in 1963. However, a lot more German history was made here.
The fast-paced Berlin Musical "Hinterm Horizont" at the Stage Theater on Potsdamer Platz tells with 20 legendary songs by Udo Lindenberg a love story between East and West in the times of the Berlin Wall and barbed wire.