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Dear readers,

9th November marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. With this, you will be able to visit the new special exhibition »The Last Year of the DDR – Journey into the Unknown« in the foyer of the museum from 28th November onwards. This exhibition addresses the radical changes that took place between the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9th November 1989 and German reunification on 3rd October 1990. We also commemorated the end of German division through a cooperation with the Berlin Wall Foundation by presenting a section of the Wall that is in danger of being forgotten.

We wish you a good start to the last quarter of this year.

The Team of the DDR Museum

New Special Exhibition »The Last Year of the DDR – Journey into the Unknown«

The new special exhibition addresses the period from the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9th November 1989 to German reunification on 3rd October 1990. Its focus is on the reforms in the DDR and the introduction of democratic structures and new freedoms. It also shows to what extent the many political and economic changes taking place from 1990 onwards impacted the personal lives of DDR citizens. In this special exhibition, the DDR Museum will be presenting some of the milestones on the path to German reunification, as well as last remains of the socialist state.

You can visit the special exhibition from 28th November 2019 in the foyer of the DDR Museum. Entry to the foyer is free of charge.

Cooperation with the Berlin Wall Foundation: On the (Almost) Forgotten Trail of the Berlin Wall

To mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the DDR Museum cooperated with the Berlin Wall Foundation to commemorate an almost forgotten section of the Berlin Wall in the neighbourhood of Pankow. If you have tips and information about other preserved relics of the Berlin Wall, you can send these to sammlung@stiftung-berliner-mauer.de.

The DDR Museum Welcomes its Sixth Millionth Visitor

Now in our 14th year of operation, we have reached a new milestone in our own history – our six millionth visitor. Paul O’Brien from Gloucester, England was visiting Berlin for the first time together with his wife and two sons, and wanted to learn more about life in the DDR and the division of Germany. Along with a certificate and a gift basket containing souvenirs of his visit to the museum and to Berlin, O’Brien, who is a teacher, received lifetime free admission to the DDR Museum.

New in the Shop: »DDR Guide« in New Languages

The »DDR Guide – A Companion to the Permanent Exhibition« is now available in Spanish and Italian in the DDR Museum shop for 5.90 euros, along with the German, English, French and (simplified) Chinese editions. If you prefer to read a digital version of the guide, you can download it as an e-book for 2.99 euros. Click here to order the e-book.

Impressum:
DDR Museum Berlin GmbH
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 1
10178 Berlin
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