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The Evangelical Gethsemane Church in Prenzlauer Berg stands for the peaceful revolution in the GDR.
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GDR
43 Locations - Page 2
The GDR shaped East Berlin for four decades, and its traces are everywhere in the city today. From the DDR Museum to the Stasi headquarters and Karl-Marx-Allee, gdr history can be explored at museums, memorials and preserved landmarks.
This overview gathers Berlin locations tied to the gdr, from museums and documentation centres to socialist architecture and monuments. Some focus on politics and surveillance, others on everyday life in East Germany.
Browse the places below to explore gdr history in Berlin, compare exhibitions and opening hours, and plan your visit.
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The residential buildings in the typical Moscow 'gingerbread style' characterize Europe's only boulevard built after the war! Today, Karl-Marx-Allee, with the two striking towers of Frankfurter Tor, is a protected monument – it is Germany's longest contiguous architectural monument.
Karl-Marx-Allee 93B, 10243 Berlin Friedrichshainwww.berlin.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/3559790-3558930-karl-marx-allee.html
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At OSTEL, you quickly feel transported back to the past. Everything here is furnished in the old East German chic, with yellow patterned wallpaper, floor lamps with beige lampshades, and functional furniture.
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'The Legend of Paul and Paula' is one of the ultimate East German film classics!
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The Ketwurst was East Germany's hot dog during GDR times. Today, it can only be found in a few places in Berlin. One of them is the Alain Snack snack bar directly opposite the Schönhauser Allee Arcaden in the otherwise completely gentrified area of Prenzlauer Berg.
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The white crosses are commemorating those who lost their lives trying to overcome the GDR border fortifications to escape from East Germany.
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Deponie No. 3 is unfortunately permanently closed.
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The Protestant Gethsemane Church in Prenzlauer Berg is a symbol of the peaceful revolution in the GDR.
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The permanent exhibition of the museum of Kulturbrauerei in Prenzlauer Berg is dedicated to the day-to-day life in the GDR.
Knaackstraße 97, 10435 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg+49 30 46 77 77 90www.hdg.de/berlin/museum-in-der-kulturbrauerei
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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".
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They are the intellectual fathers of communism – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 20, 10178 Berlin Mittewww.berlin.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/3561030-3558930-marx-engels-forum.html
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A prefabricated concrete panel building apartment still furnished with original GDR furniture – this historical document can be visited in Hellersdorf!
Hellersdorfer Str. 179, 12627 Berlin Hellersdorf+49 1511 6114447www.stadtundland.de/33_museumswohnung.htm
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Erich Mielke's study with adjoining casino, espionage technology such as bugs and hidden infrared emitters, as well as machine guns hidden in suitcases can be viewed in the Stasi Museum.
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In a former 'Konsum' retail store in Friedrichshain, you can view, buy, and exchange GDR products here.
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Pure nostalgia - all East German products can be found on the shelves of Ostpaket, which has now newly opened in Strausberg near Berlin.
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Osseria is permanently closed. The editorial team gladly accepts new tips via email: [email protected]
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Dederon Design in Kreuzberg invites you to browse. Many GDR products, such as Pfeffi candies or the popular shopping bag "Fallsbeutel", delight visitors.
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Mauerpark in Berlin-Mitte follows the course of the former Berlin Wall along Schwedter Straße.
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