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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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White Crosses
16 Locations
The white crosses are a quiet, moving memorial in Berlin, honouring those who died trying to cross the Wall. Set near the Reichstag by the Spree, the white crosses name individuals killed at the border. This overview gathers Berlin locations tied to this piece of remembrance.
The row of white crosses along the river near the Reichstag marks some of the people who lost their lives fleeing to the West, part of the wider landscape of Wall memorials. Nearby, the Berlin Wall Memorial and the course of the former border add fuller context. The simple crosses invite a pause for reflection amid the busy government quarter.
Browse the venues below to find the white crosses and nearby Wall memorials across Berlin.
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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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4.8
Roger Moore used Checkpoint Charlie as a backdrop for the James Bond film 'Octopussy'.
Friedrichstraße, 10117 Berlin Mittewww.berlin.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/3560059-3558930-checkpoint-charlie.html
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4.6
In front of the museum is the former Checkpoint Charlie. Inside, everything revolves around the creative escape attempts of people in the GDR and the border security system of that time.
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4.6
Friedrichhain's East Side Gallery is with its 1.361 metres the longest open air gallery in the world and at the same time the longest piece of the Berlin Wall still standing!
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4.6
Follow the path of the Berlin Wall and discover a major part of Berlin’s history by foot or by bike.
Alt-Lübars 1, 13469 Berlin Reinickendorfwww.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/verkehr/mobil/fahrrad/radrouten/de/mauerweg_1/index.shtml
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4.3
The large Panorama wall of the artist Yadegar Asisi visualizes the daily life next to the Berlin wall on a fictitious autumn day in the 1980s.
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4.2
The Wall Museum East Side Gallery is located directly in the Mühlenspeicher (mill warehouse) on the Spree and offers a deep insight into the history of German division. With over 100 screens and exciting interviews, this exhibition tells the events from 1961 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in a modern way.
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4.0
Where was the Berlin Wall? This is the question city guides get asked most frequently.
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3.7
Together with tens of thousands of other GDR citizens, Chancellor Angela Merkel crossed into the West at this very spot on the day the Wall fell.
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3.6
Open Air Karaoke in summer and the flea market on Sunday all year round - these are the two highlights that most people associate with Mauerpark.
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3.5
The monument "Parliament of Trees" was created by artist Ben Wargin in 1990 and commemorates the people who died on the Berlin Wall.
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3.5
Pictures, films, original quotes, interviews and games make history and histories of the Berlin Wall come alive with the multimedia WallGuide.
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3.3
His tragic death converted Peter Fechter into a symbol. He was shot in 1962 when trying to climb across the Wall.
Zimmer- / Ecke Charlottenstraße 1, 10117 Berlin Mittewww.berlin.de/mauer/gedenkstaetten/peter_fechter/inde
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The Mauerpark (Wall Park) was created in the former border strip as a public green space which contains about 300 metres of original Berlin Wall!
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2.5
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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