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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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History
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Few cities carry as much history as Berlin, from Prussian palaces to the Wall and the scars of the 20th century. Around Mitte and the former border, history comes alive at museums, memorials and landmarks that tell of empire, war and division.
This overview gathers Berlin locations rich in history, from grand museums and palaces to memorials and preserved sites. Some focus on the Nazi era and the Cold War, others on the wider sweep of the city's past.
Browse the places below to explore the best history sites in Berlin, compare exhibitions and opening hours, and plan your visit.
Brandenburg Gate Museum shows - virtually in fast motion - more than 300 years of the history in Berlin in a 20-minute multimedia presentation, very close to the Brandenburg Gate directly at Pariser Platz.
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Due to reconstruction work, the adventure museum "The Story of Berlin" is permantently closed.
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Due to reconstruction work, the adventure museum "The Story of Berlin" is permantently closed.
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Feeling as if you were in Saint Tropez? In the middle of Berlin? No problem with HimmelBlauBerlin – a guided city tour with classic vehicles and a tour guide with lots of insider knowledge of the city.
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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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On Valentine's Day 2019, the Planetarium am Insulaner invites all lovers to a musical evening under the starry sky with the program "Duets".
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