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Cold War Berlin

The physical division of Berlin during 28 years, and the development of two completely separated cities on both sides of the Wall that ran between them, has led to huge differences that cannot be erased in a matter of a few years. Here's an overview of sights that give insight into life with the Wall.

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Alliiertenmuseum

The Allied Museum covers 50 years of West German Allied (US, British, French) relations in the US Army movie house Outpost. The prize exhibit is the original sentry box from the Checkpoint Charlie border crossing. Read_on (No Comments)

Berlin Wall Memorial

This excellent information centre covers the Wall’s history in text, slides and dramatic film. A graffiti-free portion Read_on (No Comments)

DDR Museum

Rather than concentrating on the Wall, state terror and other dark aspects of the East German regime, this popular museum presents a glimpse of daily life under totalitarianism. Read_on (No Comments)

Deutsch-Russisches Museum

In the southeast, the building where Germany signed its surrender on 8 May 1945 now serves as the German-Russian museum. Read_on (No Comments)

Haus am Checkpoint Charlie

A homespun Great Escape museum of false trunks, tools, videos, even a submarine, and stills of tunnel-digging attest to necessity and desire being the mother of invention. Read_on (No Comments)

Museumswohnung WBS 70

Travel back to 1986 and visit a GDR worker's dream property; this mundane but much-coveted prefab Plattenbau museum home Read_on (No Comments)

Stasi Museum

East Germany’s State Security Service or Stasi was responsible for intelligence gathering both at home and abroad. It spied on its own citizens, sometimes employing the friends, colleagues, and family of those they wished to keep an eye on. Read_on (No Comments)