Berlin Wall Photos

Photos of Berlin Wall sites across Berlin, from Checkpoint Charlie and the East Side Gallery to hidden watchtowers and ghost stations. Filter by type or search for a specific place.

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Berlin Wall Memorial seen from the west side, Bernauer Straße

Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

Berlin Wall Memorial seen from the east side, Bernauer Straße

Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

Windows of Rememberance memorial, with potraits of the victims of the wall

Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

Visitor Centre at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Straße

Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

Original Berlin Wall remains at the memorial site, Bernauer Straße

Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

Chapel of Reconciliation at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Bernauer Straße

Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

Film stills of Conrad Schumann's escape over the barbed wire at Bernauer Strasse, 15 August 1961

Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

Gedenkstätte Günter Litfin - Günter Litfin memorial tower

Gedenkstätte Günter Litfin

Günter Litfin tower memorial stone

Gedenkstätte Günter Litfin

Günter Litfin portrait

Gedenkstätte Günter Litfin

Parlament der Bäume memorial along the Berlin Wall strip, near the Reichstag

Parlament der Bäume

Back of The Parliament of Trees with garden being prepared

Parlament der Bäume

Part of installation by various artists inbetween the two pieces of the former Berlin Wall

Parlament der Bäume

Ben Wagin at The Parliament of Trees

Parlament der Bäume

White Crosses memorial for Berlin Wall victims near the Reichstag

Weiße Kreuze

White Crosses memorial, 1990

Weiße Kreuze

White Crosses memorial for Berlin Wall victims near the Reichstag

Weiße Kreuze

Mauerpark park and former death strip in Prenzlauer Berg, 2007

Mauerpark

30m section of Berlin Wall still standing in Mauerpark today

Mauerpark

Bearpit amphitheatre at Mauerpark, former Berlin Wall death strip

Mauerpark

Sunday karaoke in the Bearpit amphitheatre at Mauerpark, Berlin

Mauerpark

Mauerpark flea market on a rainy day in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin

Mauerpark

Mauerpark green space with flea market in the background, Berlin

Mauerpark

Lichtgrenz at Mauerpark. 25th anniversay of fall of Wall 2014

Mauerpark

Lichtgrenz at Mauerpark. 25th anniversay of fall of Wall 2014

Mauerpark

Schlesischer Busch Watchtower today

Führungsstelle Schlesischer Busch

Schlesischer Busch Watchtower today

Führungsstelle Schlesischer Busch

Schlesischer Busch death strip, 1989

Führungsstelle Schlesischer Busch

Remaining Berlin Wall segments displayed at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin

Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken

Remaining Berlin Wall segments displayed at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin

Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken

View toward Potsdamer Platz, 1963

Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken

View along the Berlin Wall, near Potsdamer Platz, 1963

Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken

Berlin Wall Potsdamer Platz, looking east, November 1975

Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken

Crossing into West Germany, near Potsdamer Platz, 1989

Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken

Crossing into West Germany, near Potsdamer Platz, 1989

Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken

Press conference for the signing of the Basic Treaty (Grundlagenvertrag), East Berlin, 21 December 1972

Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken

Press conference for the signing of the Basic Treaty (Grundlagenvertrag), East Berlin, 21 December 1972

Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken

Glienicker Bridge (Bridge of Spies) connecting Berlin and Potsdam

Glienicker Brücke

West Berlin checkpoint at the Glienicke Bridge with the 'You are leaving the American sector' sign, 1987

Glienicker Brücke

Glienicke Bridge seen from the West in April 1989, with the GDR's 'Brücke der Einheit' lettering on the arch

Glienicker Brücke

Glienicker Bridge Cold War border crossing between East and West, 1987

Glienicker Brücke

Midpoint of the Glienicker Brücke, site of East/West spy exchanges during Cold War

Glienicker Brücke

Cars line up to cross border after the fall of the Wall in 1989

Glienicker Brücke

Glienicker Bridge viewed from the Potsdam side, former East-West border

Glienicker Brücke

Glienicke Bridge dressed as the 1962 border for Spielberg's Bridge of Spies, with GDR emblem and artificial snow, November 2014

Glienicker Brücke

Replica GDR watchtower built for the filming of Bridge of Spies at the Glienicke Bridge, November 2014

Glienicker Brücke

An aerial view from the southeast of Steinstücken, with Bernhard-Beyer-Straße connecting northeastwards to the rest of West Berlin

Steinstücken

Steinstücken railway line to rest of West Berlin 1987

Steinstücken

Border fence surrounding Steinstücken railway line, with tank traps

Steinstücken

Metal border fence surrounding Steinstücken railway line, with railway alarm

Steinstücken

Watchtower at border fence of Steinstücken railway line

Steinstücken

Bornholmer Straße after fall of Berlin Wall, 1989

Bornholmer Straße

Cars cross the Bornholmer Straße border in 1990

Bornholmer Straße

Bösebrücke bridge, 2004

Bornholmer Straße

Bösebrücke plaque commerates the first border crossing breached during fall of Berlin Wall

Bornholmer Straße

Chausseestraße border crossing

Chausseestraße

Chausseestraße border crossing 1963

Chausseestraße

Chausseestraße border crossing 1964

Chausseestraße

View of Boyenstraße from Chausseestraße 1989

Chausseestraße

View of Boyenstraße from Chausseestraße 2012

Chausseestraße

Remains of hintermauer (rear wall) at Chausseestraße 2008

Chausseestraße

Invalidenstraße border crossing at Sandkrugbrücke, 1964

Invalidenstraße

Günter Litfin Memorial stone

Invalidenstraße

View from Sandkrugbrücke today

Invalidenstraße

Bahnhof Friedrichstraße today

Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Passport control at Bahnhof Friedrichstraße 1964

Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Platform B: S-Bahn to the West

Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Crowds queue to cross to West Berlin a day after the fall of the Wall

Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Replica of the iconic "You are leaving the American sector" sign at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin

Checkpoint Charlie

Erecting the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstraße

Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie guardhouse replica at Friedrichstraße, Berlin

Checkpoint Charlie

East German border guards check permits of bus travellers, 1961

Checkpoint Charlie

East German border guard checking documents

Checkpoint Charlie

View facing Checkpoint Charlie border crossing, Friedrichstraße, 1961

Checkpoint Charlie

US and GDR military personal negotiate at Checkpoint Charlie, 26 Oct. 1961

Checkpoint Charlie

US and Soviet tanks standing off at Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie

A US tank faces an East German water cannon, 1961

Checkpoint Charlie

US president J. F. Kennedy visits Checkpoint Charlie, 26 June 1963

Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie in 1963, from US side

Checkpoint Charlie

Soviet zone viewed from observation post at Checkpoint Charlie, 1982

Checkpoint Charlie

US President Ronald Reagan visits Checkpoint Charlie, 11 June 1982

Checkpoint Charlie

Allied checkpoint, viewed from GDR checkpoint, 1986

Checkpoint Charlie

Berliners walk freely through Checkpoint Charlie on the night of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Checkpoint Charlie

Traffic passing through Checkpoint Charlie after fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989

Checkpoint Charlie

Part of the original building at Checkoint Charlie, now in AlliiertenMuseum in Berlin-Dahlem

Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie today, with actor soldiers who will pose for photos and stamp your passport

Checkpoint Charlie

Heinrich-Heine-Straße border crossing in 1986, from US side

Heinrich-Heine-Straße

Corner of Heinrich-Heine-Straße and Köpenicker Straße

Heinrich-Heine-Straße

Moritzplatz with border crossing Prinzenstraße (West) / Heinrich-Heine-Straße (East)

Heinrich-Heine-Straße

Easter peace march at Heinrich-Heine-Straße, Berlin, April 1990

Heinrich-Heine-Straße

Oberbaumbrücke bridge spanning the River Spree, former East-West Berlin border crossing

Oberbaumbrücke

East German checkpoint at Oberbaumbrucke, 1961

Oberbaumbrücke

Passport control at Oberbaumbrucke, 1972

Oberbaumbrücke

Pedestrian border crossing. Western police meet Eastern border guard 1963

Oberbaumbrücke

Crowds amass at Oberbaumbrucke after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989

Oberbaumbrücke

Sonnenallee border crossing 1964

Sonnenallee

Sonnenallee border marked by cobblestones

Sonnenallee

Berlin Sonnenallee, near the southeastern end of the street at the site of the former border checkpoint

Sonnenallee

West Berliners visiting East Berlin during the Christmas pass agreement, Sonnenallee, 1963

Sonnenallee

Border crossing at Heerstraße in 1955

Staaken

Information stele at the former Heerstraße border crossing in Berlin-Staaken

Staaken

Information stele about the Berlin Wall at the former Heerstraße border crossing, Berlin-Staaken

Staaken

East Side Gallery open-air gallery on the longest remaining section of the Berlin Wall

East Side Gallery

Dmitri Vrubel's "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love" - the Brezhnev-Honecker kiss

East Side Gallery

Birgit Kinder's Trabant breaking through the wall

East Side Gallery

Topographie des Terrors documentation center

Topographie des Terrors

Original Berlin Wall section at Topographie des Terrors

Topographie des Terrors

Picture of the Berlin Wall at Topographie des Terrors

Topographie des Terrors

Remnants of the Berlin Wall and the exhibition trench with excavated segments of cellar walls at the

Topographie des Terrors

Mauermuseum at Checkpoint Charlie

Mauermuseum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie

Mauermuseum, Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie

Mauermuseum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie

Section of the Berlin Wall at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum

Mauermuseum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie

Berlin Wall segment on display at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum

Mauermuseum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie

View of the DDR Museum from a bridge, Berlin

DDR Museum

Pittiplatsch on a television in the DDR Museum, Berlin

DDR Museum

View of the DDR Museum from a bridge, Berlin

DDR Museum

Pittiplatsch on a television set in the DDR Museum, Berlin

DDR Museum

Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen entrance

Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen

Cell in the former Stasi prison Hohenschönhausen

Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen

Stasi detention corridor at Hohenschönhausen

Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen

Building 1, former headquarters of the Ministry for State Security (Stasi) in Berlin-Lichtenberg

Stasi Museum

Erich Mielke's preserved office in the Stasi Museum

Stasi Museum

Stasi Museum, Berlin: GDR Style Guide for seat cushions

Stasi Museum

Building 1, former headquarters of the Ministry for State Security (Stasi), Berlin-Lichtenberg

Stasi Museum

Demonstrators at the storming of the Stasi headquarters on Normannenstraße, January 1990

Stasi Museum

Files and tangled tape reels in the Stasi Records Archive on the former MfS campus

Stasi Museum

Erich Mielke's service card as 1st chairman of the Sportvereinigung Dynamo, 1986

Stasi Museum

BFC Dynamo celebrate the 1980 East German championship at the Jahn-Sportpark, the second of ten consecutive titles

Stasi Museum

Erich Mielke speaking as first chairman of the SV Dynamo sports association, 1983

Stasi Museum

Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears) at Friedrichstraße

Tränenpalast

Tränenpalast on Friedrichstraße

Tränenpalast

"Tränenpalast" in Berlin-Mitte, Friedrichstarße, Germany, July 2019

Tränenpalast

Buildings in Berlin-Mitte, Friedrichstraße, Germany, July 2019

Tränenpalast

Wall-peckers chipping at the Berlin Wall on Zimmerstraße

Peter Fechter Gedenkstele

White cross memorial for Wall victim Peter Fechter, killed in 1962

Peter Fechter Gedenkstele

Wall-peckers chipping at the Berlin Wall on Zimmerstraße

Peter Fechter Gedenkstele

White cross memorial for Wall victim Peter Fechter, killed 1962

Peter Fechter Gedenkstele

White cross memorial for Wall victim Chris Gueffroy

Chris Gueffroy Gedenkzeichen

Memorial crosses for Wall victims Lutz Schmidt and Chris Gueffroy

Chris Gueffroy Gedenkzeichen

White cross memorial for Wall victim Chris Gueffroy

Chris Gueffroy Gedenkzeichen

Memorial crosses for Wall victims Lutz Schmidt and Chris Gueffroy

Chris Gueffroy Gedenkzeichen

Memorial plaque for Tunnel 57 escape

Tunnel 57

Ground marking of the Tunnel 57 escape route on Bernauer Straße

Tunnel 57

Memorial plaque, Reinhard Furrer, Brunnenstraße 135, Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, Germany

Tunnel 57

Memorial plaque, Egon Schultz, Strelitzer Straße 55, Berlin-Mitte, Germany

Tunnel 57

Memorial plaque for a betrayed escape tunnel near Bernauer Straße

Tunnel 29

AlliedMuseum Berlin: Berlin Spy Tunnel

Tunnel 29

Nordbahnhof S-Bahn station platform

Nordbahnhof – Geisterbahnhof

S-Bahn crossing the border strip near Nordbahnhof at Liesenstraße, 1987

Nordbahnhof – Geisterbahnhof

Surviving watchtower at Erna-Berger-Straße

Wachturm Erna-Berger-Straße

GDR watchtower on Erna-Berger-Straße

Wachturm Erna-Berger-Straße

Former GDR watchtower (model BT-6, erected 1971) near Potsdamer Platz and Leipziger Platz

Wachturm Erna-Berger-Straße

Former GDR watchtower (model BT-6) near Potsdamer Platz, now a listed monument

Wachturm Erna-Berger-Straße

Brandenburg Gate illuminated at night, once divided by the Berlin Wall

Brandenburger Tor

West and East Germans at the Brandenburg Gate in 1989

Brandenburger Tor

Construction of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, 1961

Brandenburger Tor

People atop the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate, 9 November 1989

Brandenburger Tor

President Reagan speaking at the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, 12 June 1987

Brandenburger Tor

Schabowski's press conference that triggered the fall of the Berlin Wall, 9 November 1989

Brandenburger Tor

NSA listening station radomes on Teufelsberg

Teufelsberg

Teufelsberg abandoned NSA listening station on an artificial hill in Grunewald, Berlin

Teufelsberg

Teufelsberg NSA listening station seen from a distance, 1992

Teufelsberg

Berlin Airlift Memorial (Hungerkralle) at Tempelhof

Flughafen Tempelhof

C-54 landing at Tempelhof during the Berlin Airlift, 1948

Flughafen Tempelhof

Tempelhof Airport aerial view, historic Berlin Airlift landmark now a public park

Flughafen Tempelhof

C-47 transports unloading supplies at Tempelhof during the Berlin Airlift, 1948

Flughafen Tempelhof

Gail Halvorsen, the 'Candy Bomber', with handkerchief parachutes for Operation Little Vittles, 1948

Flughafen Tempelhof

West Berlin children playing 'Luftbruecke', re-enacting the airlift with model planes, 1948

Flughafen Tempelhof

Workers removing a street barricade as the Berlin Blockade ends, 11 May 1949

Flughafen Tempelhof

Bridge building of the former Checkpoint Bravo at Dreilinden-Drewitz

Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden)

Brückenhaus of the former Checkpoint Drewitz-Dreilinden

Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden)

Town Sign Berlin Drewitz

Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden)

U-Bahnhof Bernauer Straße, U8 line

U-Bahnhof Bernauer Straße

Bernauer Straße U-Bahn station platform, Berlin-Mitte

U-Bahnhof Bernauer Straße

Bernauer Straße U-Bahn station platform, Berlin-Mitte

U-Bahnhof Bernauer Straße

Rosenthaler Platz U-Bahn station, U8 line

U-Bahnhof Rosenthaler Platz

Rosenthaler Platz U-Bahn station, Berlin-Mitte, designed by Alfred Grenander

U-Bahnhof Rosenthaler Platz

Rosenthaler Platz U-Bahn station platform, Berlin-Mitte

U-Bahnhof Rosenthaler Platz

Rosenthaler Platz U-Bahn station entrance, Berlin-Mitte

U-Bahnhof Rosenthaler Platz

Weinmeisterstraße U-Bahn station, U8 line

U-Bahnhof Weinmeisterstraße

Weinmeisterstraße U-Bahn station, U8 line, Berlin

U-Bahnhof Weinmeisterstraße

Alexanderplatz U-Bahn station, U8 platform

U-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz (U8)

Alexanderplatz U-Bahn station, U5 platform

U-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz (U8)

Alexanderplatz U-Bahn station, U8, designed by Alfred Grenander, 1926-1930

U-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz (U8)

Alexanderplatz demonstration demanding press freedom, 4 November 1989

U-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz (U8)

U-Bahnhof Jannowitzbrücke: first ghost station to reopen

U-Bahnhof Jannowitzbrücke

Jannowitzbrücke U-Bahn viaduct over the Spree, first ghost station to reopen after reunification

U-Bahnhof Jannowitzbrücke

Jannowitzbrücke railway viaduct on the River Spree, Berlin

U-Bahnhof Jannowitzbrücke

Jannowitzbrücke U-Bahn station, Berlin

U-Bahnhof Jannowitzbrücke

U-Bahnhof Schwartzkopffstraße (U6)

U-Bahnhof Schwartzkopffstraße

Schwartzkopffstraße U-Bahn station entrance at night, U6 line

U-Bahnhof Schwartzkopffstraße

Schwartzkopffstraße U-Bahn station name sign and ceiling light, U6 line

U-Bahnhof Schwartzkopffstraße

Schwartzkopffstraße U-Bahn station stairway at night, U6 line

U-Bahnhof Schwartzkopffstraße

U-Bahnhof Naturkundemuseum (U6, formerly Zinnowitzer Straße)

U-Bahnhof Naturkundemuseum

Naturkundemuseum U-Bahn station four days after being renamed from Zinnowitzer Straße

U-Bahnhof Naturkundemuseum

Allosaurus fragilis artwork in Naturkundemuseum U-Bahn station, Berlin

U-Bahnhof Naturkundemuseum

Allosaurus fragilis artwork in Naturkundemuseum U-Bahn station, Berlin

U-Bahnhof Naturkundemuseum

Oranienburger Tor U-Bahn station, U6 line

U-Bahnhof Oranienburger Tor

Oranienburger Tor U-Bahn station, line indicator sign

U-Bahnhof Oranienburger Tor

Oranienburger Tor U-Bahn station platform, U6 line

U-Bahnhof Oranienburger Tor

Oranienburger Tor U-Bahn station, Berlin

U-Bahnhof Oranienburger Tor

U-Bahnhof Französische Straße (U6): now permanently closed

U-Bahnhof Französische Straße

Französische Straße U-Bahn station, U6 line, 2018

U-Bahnhof Französische Straße

U-Bahnhof Stadtmitte (U6 platform)

U-Bahnhof Stadtmitte (U6)

Friedrichstraße U-Bahn station, Berlin

U-Bahnhof Stadtmitte (U6)

BVG A3L 92 train at Stadtmitte U-Bahn station, U2 line, Berlin

U-Bahnhof Stadtmitte (U6)

BVG A3L 92 train at Stadtmitte U-Bahn station, U2 line, Berlin

U-Bahnhof Stadtmitte (U6)

S-Bahnhof Bornholmer Straße: the only above-ground ghost station

S-Bahnhof Bornholmer Straße

Bornholmer Straße S-Bahn station at the Bösebrücke, on the border between Wedding and Prenzlauer Berg

S-Bahnhof Bornholmer Straße

Area of S-Bahn station Bornholmer Strasse, 1990

S-Bahnhof Bornholmer Straße

Bench and station sign at Bornholmer Straße S-Bahn station, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg

S-Bahnhof Bornholmer Straße

S-Bahnhof Oranienburger Straße

S-Bahnhof Oranienburger Straße

Berlin-Mitte, entrance to the railway station "Oranienburger Straße"

S-Bahnhof Oranienburger Straße

S-Bahnhof Brandenburger Tor (formerly Unter den Linden)

S-Bahnhof Brandenburger Tor

S-Bahnhof Brandenburger Tor platform, Berlin

S-Bahnhof Brandenburger Tor

Historic entrance door at S-Bahnhof Brandenburger Tor, Unter den Linden

S-Bahnhof Brandenburger Tor

S-Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz: last ghost station to reopen (1992)

S-Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz with high-rise buildings and station entrances, Berlin

S-Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz

Water pond at Potsdamer Platz station, extremely slippery and dangerous.

S-Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz with high-rise buildings and station entrances, Berlin

S-Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz

Grenzturm Nieder Neuendorf on the Havel river bank

Grenzturm Nieder Neuendorf

Border watchtower of the Berlin Wall at Nieder Neuendorf, seen from the River Havel

Grenzturm Nieder Neuendorf

Border watchtower of the Berlin Wall at Nieder Neuendorf, seen from the River Havel

Grenzturm Nieder Neuendorf

Border watchtower of the Berlin Wall at Nieder Neuendorf, seen from the River Havel

Grenzturm Nieder Neuendorf

Memorial plaque for escape helper Heinz Jercha at Heidelberger Straße 35

Heidelberger Straße Tunnels

The Berlin Wall on Heidelberger Straße, 1986

Heidelberger Straße Tunnels

Memorial plaque for Tunnel 37 at Brunnenstraße 141

Tunnel 37 – Brunnenstraße

Memorial plaque, Tunnel 37, Brunnenstraße 141, Berlin-Mitte, Germany

Tunnel 37 – Brunnenstraße

Information board about the escape tunnel at Sebastianstraße 82

Sebastianstraße Tunnel

Sebastianstraße 82 in Berlin-Kreuzberg, from where an escape tunnel was dug into East Berlin

Sebastianstraße Tunnel

Information board opposite Sebastianstraße 82, documenting the escape tunnel to the East

Sebastianstraße Tunnel

Memorial plaque for the escape tunnel at Sebastianstraße 82, Berlin-Kreuzberg

Sebastianstraße Tunnel

Memorial plaque for the 1962 escape tunnel at Zimmerstraße 54

Zimmerstraße Escape Tunnels

Memorial plaque for the 1972 escape tunnel at Zimmerstraße 8–9

Zimmerstraße Escape Tunnels

Memorial plaque for border guard Reinhold Huhn, killed during the 1962 tunnel escape

Zimmerstraße Escape Tunnels

The discovered escape tunnel beneath S-Bahnhof Wollankstraße, 1962

Wollankstraße Tunnel

GDR press conference presenting the discovered Wollankstraße tunnel, 1962

Wollankstraße Tunnel

Escape tunnel entrance discovered at S-Bahnhof Wollankstraße, 1962

Wollankstraße Tunnel

Batteries found in the Wollankstraße escape tunnel, confiscated by GDR authorities, 1962

Wollankstraße Tunnel

Former Wall location at the Entenschnabel between Frohnau and Glienicke/Nordbahn

Oranienburger Chaussee Tunnels

View from Frohnau toward Glienicke/Nordbahn across the former border at the Entenschnabel

Oranienburger Chaussee Tunnels

Memorial plaque for victims of the Berlin Wall on Kiefholzstraße

Kiefholzstraße Tunnel

Monument to the 15 victims from Treptow who died at the Berlin Wall

Kiefholzstraße Tunnel

The Berlin Wall along Lohmühlenstraße in Treptow, 1987

Bethke Brothers Escape

Former border zone markings on Lohmühlenstraße 35, Alt-Treptow

Bethke Brothers Escape

Remains of Berlin Wall

Niederkirchnerstraße Wall Remains

Berlin Wall remains and excavated cellar walls at Niederkirchnerstraße

Niederkirchnerstraße Wall Remains

Aerial view of Topographie des Terrors and Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin

Niederkirchnerstraße Wall Remains

Remaining front wall segment of the Berlin Wall at Niederkirchnerstraße between Abgeordnetenhaus and Martin-Gropius-Bau

Niederkirchnerstraße Wall Remains

Former refugee transit camp Marienfelde in Berlin, Germany

Notaufnahmelager Marienfelde

Refugees waiting with luggage at Marienfelde reception camp, West Berlin

Notaufnahmelager Marienfelde

Courtyard of the Marienfelde refugee camp buildings, West Berlin

Notaufnahmelager Marienfelde

Kitchen building at Marienfelde refugee reception camp, West Berlin

Notaufnahmelager Marienfelde

Berlin, Invalidenfriedhof

Invalidenfriedhof

Berlin Wall, Mitte

Invalidenfriedhof

Berlin Wall remains along the path at Invalidenfriedhof cemetery

Invalidenfriedhof

Tree-lined avenue with Berlin Wall segments at Invalidenfriedhof cemetery

Invalidenfriedhof

Entrance to the U-Bahn at Gesundbrunnen, Berlin

Berliner Unterwelten

Berliner Unterwelten tour ticket sign at Gesundbrunnen

Berliner Unterwelten

Berliner Unterwelten headquarters at Brunnenstraße 105, Gesundbrunnen

Berliner Unterwelten

U-Bahn entrance at Gesundbrunnen, Berlin

Berliner Unterwelten

First-generation Berlin Wall segment memorial at Am Park, Groß Glienicke

Groß Glienicke Wall Memorial

Berlin Wall segment memorial on the Mauerweg at Glienicker See, Groß Glienicke

Groß Glienicke Wall Memorial

Preserved expanded-metal border fence (Streckmetallzaun) at the Kladow-Groß Glienicke border

Groß Glienicke Wall Memorial

Heilandskirche (Church of the Redeemer) at Sacrow, Potsdam

Heilandskirche Sacrow

Heilandskirche Sacrow seen from across the Havel, Potsdam

Heilandskirche Sacrow

Heilandskirche Sacrow, bell tower and colonnade facade

Heilandskirche Sacrow

Heilandskirche Sacrow, south side view

Heilandskirche Sacrow

Young Erwin Schabe stopped by GDR police near the Eiskeller exclave, 1961

Eiskeller Exclave

Information stele showing the corridor connecting the Eiskeller exclave to West Berlin

Eiskeller Exclave

Information stele showing the Eiskeller farmsteads next to border installations

Eiskeller Exclave

The remains of the Berlin Wall east of Berlin-Schönholz Railway station have been identified in 2018

Schönholzer Mauerreste

The remains of the Berlin Wall east of Berlin-Schönholz Railway station have been identified in 2018

Schönholzer Mauerreste

The remains of the Berlin Wall east of Berlin-Schönholz Railway station have been identified in 2018

Schönholzer Mauerreste

The remains of the Berlin Wall east of Berlin-Schönholz Railway station have been identified in 2018

Schönholzer Mauerreste

Tannenstraße in Klein Glienicke seen from West Berlin (Böttcherberg), 1988

Klein Glienicke

Trinacria relief at Schloss Glienicke, the UNESCO-listed palace and museum at the Berlin end of the Glienicke Bridge

Klein Glienicke

Memorial plaque at Waldmüllerstraße 6, Klein Glienicke

Klein Glienicke

Entrance with memorial stele and photos at the former border watchtower, Bergfelde

Bergfelde Watchtower

Memorial stele for the Berlin Wall and border watchtower, Bergfelde

Bergfelde Watchtower

Bergfelde border watchtower in Hohen Neuendorf, then and now

Bergfelde Watchtower

Gleimstraße looking toward the sealed tunnel entrance, 1988

Gleim-Tunnel

The Gleim-Tunnel shortly after reopening, August 1990

Gleim-Tunnel

Gleim-Tunnel entrance near Mauerpark, 2022

Gleim-Tunnel

Gleim-Tunnel at Gesundbrunnen, Berlin

Gleim-Tunnel

Memorial at Griebnitzsee marking the former Berlin Wall route

Griebnitzsee Wall Remains

Preserved GDR border wall segments on the shore of Griebnitzsee, Potsdam

Griebnitzsee Wall Remains

Berlin Wall memorial on the Berliner Mauerweg, Altglienicke

Rudow Hinterland Wall

Memorial plaque for the Berlin Wall on the Berliner Mauerweg, Altglienicke

Rudow Hinterland Wall

Hiltrud-Dudek-Weg in Rudow, site of Berlin Wall border installations from 1966 to the mid-1980s

Rudow Hinterland Wall

Memorial plaque at the former Waltersdorfer Chaussee border crossing, Berlin-Rudow

Waltersdorfer Chaussee Crossing

Information board at the former Waltersdorfer Chaussee border crossing, Berlin-Rudow

Waltersdorfer Chaussee Crossing

Aerial view of the Stolpe border crossing, from a Stasi archive photograph displayed on an information stele

Stolpe Border Crossing

Berlin Wall Trail at Lichtenrade, October 2022

Lichtenrade-Mahlow Grenzweg

Berlin Wall Trail near Lichtenrade, with Lichterfelde power station in the background

Lichtenrade-Mahlow Grenzweg

Steps at the former Berlin Wall location in the Entenschnabel, Glienicke/Nordbahn

Glienicke/Nordbahn Family Tunnel

Residential street in the Entenschnabel area, looking west along the former border strip

Glienicke/Nordbahn Family Tunnel

Cobblestone border marker and painted wall panels at the Entenschnabel, Silvesterweg

Glienicke/Nordbahn Family Tunnel

Information board about the German division at the former border crossing, Berlin-Falkenhagener Feld

Falkensee

Wall mural on Bahnhofstraße, Falkensee, commemorating the division

Falkensee

Rathaus Schöneberg, West Berlin's city hall from 1949 to 1991

Rathaus Schöneberg

President Kennedy delivers his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech to a crowd of over 120,000, 26 June 1963

Rathaus Schöneberg

The Freedom Bell (Freiheitsglocke) in the Rathaus Schöneberg tower, a gift from 16 million American donors in 1950

Rathaus Schöneberg

President Kennedy visits Berlin, June 1963

Rathaus Schöneberg

Günter Schabowski at the press conference, 9 November 1989

Internationales Pressezentrum

Grading the runway during the 90-day construction of Tegel airfield, 1948

Flughafen Tegel

C-47 transports packed on the apron after unloading at Tegel during the Berlin Airlift

Flughafen Tegel

Tegel Airport's hexagonal Terminal A in operation, 2013

Flughafen Tegel

Inside Tegel's Terminal A after the airport's closure, 2021

Flughafen Tegel

A C-74 Globemaster unloading flour at RAF Gatow during the Berlin Airlift, 1948

Flugplatz Gatow

A Sunderland flying boat of 201 Squadron unloading on the Havel during the Berlin Airlift, 1948

Flugplatz Gatow

The control tower of the Military History Museum at Gatow airfield today

Flugplatz Gatow

The Hansa Studios building, the Meistersaal at Köthener Straße 38, beside the former Wall

Hansa Studios