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This exhibition at Potsdamer Platz is made up of displays hung between original segments of the Berlin Wall. Created in 2005 as a temporary exhibition, it was made permanent due to very positive public response.

Before the wall, Potsdamer Platz was one of Europe’s busiest intersections – a thriving hub of hotels, cafés, and department stores, with the first traffic light on the continent installed here in 1924. After 1961, it became a desolate wasteland in the death strip, reduced to raked sand and patrolled by armed guards.

The open-air exhibition features large-format information panels mounted between authentic wall segments, covering the construction of the wall, daily life on both sides, escape attempts, and the events of November 1989. Historical photographs show the dramatic transformation of the area from commercial centre to no-man’s land and back again.

Potsdamer Platz was one of the first areas to be redeveloped after reunification, and the wall segments preserved here now stand in striking contrast to the modern glass-and-steel architecture of the Sony Center and Deutsche Bahn tower that surround them. The exhibition is free and open around the clock.

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