Berlin Wall Memorials — Central

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.

The “Berlin Wall Memorial”, was built in 1998 to commemorate the division the wall created, and the deaths that occurred because of it. It includes a Chapel of Reconciliation, a visitor center and a 60m section of the border and wall.

One of Berlin’s oldest military cemeteries, the Invalidenfriedhof was bisected by the Berlin Wall. Border guards demolished graves to create clear firing lines across the death strip.

Now famous for its flea market and bearpit karaoke every Sunday, Mauerpark was once home to part of the death strip and Berlin Wall. A 30m stretch of the Berlin Wall still exists and is used by graffiti artists to practice their skills.

At the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, the Parliament of Trees against War and Violence is a memorial commemorating the 258 people who died at the wall. Begun in 1990 by the artist Ben Wagin, it is made up of trees, memorial stones, and original parts of the wall. The names of the 258 dead are inscribed on stones. […]

A memorial cross marks the spot where 18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot by border guards on 17 August 1962 while trying to escape to the West. He fell back into the death strip and lay bleeding for nearly an hour in full view of Western observers before being carried away by East German guards. He […]

This memorial for those who died at the wall consists of seven white crosses, each inscribed with the name of one of the wall’s victims that was shot or died trying to escape. Nearby: Berlin Wall History Mile, Reichstag