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The Berlin Wall from a different Perspective

There is currently a new exhibition by photographer Arwed Messmer and author Annett Gröschner entitled INVENTARISIERUNG DER MACHT. THE BERLIN WALL FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.


The exhibition deals specifically with the Wall and the stories of many individuals who were moved to flee by the Wall.

The centrepiece of the project, whose accompanying publication has won several awards, is formed by around 1000 horizontal sequences and individual images from the photo collection of the border troops of the former GDR, which visualise the entire course of the Wall around West Berlin from the perspective of the builders. The original version was expanded and modified for the exhibition in the Wall Memorial.


Wall Memorial in the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus
Access via the Spree-Uferpromenade
Schiffbauerdamm, 10117 Berlin

6.11.2024 until 27.4.2025
Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays until 8 p.m.

Special events and special opening hours:

  • 9 November 2024 open until 8 pm
  • 14 November 2024, 6 p.m.: Guided tour of the exhibition by Julia Pfannschmidt
  • 28 November 2024, 6 pm: Guided tour of the exhibition by Kristina Volke


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