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The central Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße shows the permanent exhibition "1961 | 1989. The Berlin Wall".
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German History
10 Locations
German history is written across Berlin, from Prussian palaces to the scars of the 20th century. At sites like the Reichstag, the Berlin Wall and the German Historical Museum, german history can be traced through empire, war, division and reunification.
This overview gathers Berlin locations that tell german history, from grand museums and memorials to landmarks and documentation centres. Some focus on the Nazi era and the Wall, others on the wider sweep of the nation's past.
Browse the places below to explore german history in Berlin, compare exhibitions and opening hours, and plan your visit.
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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.
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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.
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Keeping memories will make us not forget the past. Don't miss the memorial for the Sinti and Roma communities killed in concentration camps.
Scheidemannstraße 5, 10557 Berlin TiergartenNAwww.stiftung-denkmal.de/en/memorials/sinti-and-roma-memorial.html
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The asisi Panorama THE WALL in Berlin-Mitte takes visitors right next to Checkpoint Charlie on an impressive journey through time into divided Berlin of the 1980s. Here, artist Yadegar Asisi recreates life in the shadow of the Berlin Wall across 900 square meters, allowing visitors to look directly into the scene from a high platform and experience German-German history up close.
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The city tour City Circle PURPLE Tour in a yellow doubledecker bus traces the former Berlin Wall and takes you to the trendy Berlin of today.
Bernauer Straße 119, 13355 Berlin Mitte+49 030 351 952 70 sightseeing.de/berlin_sightseeing_touren.php
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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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„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.
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz 1, 10825 Berlin Schöneberg+49 30 90277 3518www.berlin.de/ba-tempelhof-schoeneberg/derbezirk/rathausfuehrungen.php
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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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