The Berlin Wall - Berlin Wall Memorial Exhibition Catalog

The Berlin Wall Memorial Center on Bernauer Strasse is the main memorial site of divided Germany, located in the center of the German capital. Alongside the exhibit at the former border strip, a permanent exhibition entitled "1961 | 1989. The Berlin Wall" was opened in November 2014, providing information about the political and historical context. The exhibition catalog amply illustrates the history of a divided Germany. With essays by Marianne Birthler, Katja Böhme, Klaus-Dietmar Henke, Elke Kimmel, Axel Klausmeier, Kay Kufeke, Susanne Muhle, Maria Nooke, Gerhard Sälter, Günter Schlusche, Cornelia Thiele and Hermann Wentker.

About the author

Axel Klausmeier: Jahrgang 1965; Studium der Kunstgeschichte und Neueren Geschichte in Bochum, München und Berlin; 1999 Promotion; 2001-06 Assistent an der BTU Cottbus; 2006/07 Oberassistent an der ETH Zürich; 2007/08 wiss. Mitarbeiter in einem DFG-Forschungsprojekt zur Geschichte der Berliner Mauer; seit Januar 2009 Direktor der Stiftung Berliner Mauer.

Summary

The Berlin Wall Memorial Center on Bernauer Strasse is the main memorial site of divided Germany, located in the center of the German capital. Alongside the exhibit at the former border strip, a permanent exhibition entitled “1961 | 1989. The Berlin Wall” was opened in November 2014, providing information about the political and historical context. The exhibition catalog amply illustrates the history of a divided Germany. With essays by Marianne Birthler, Katja Böhme, Klaus-Dietmar Henke, Elke Kimmel, Axel Klausmeier, Kay Kufeke, Susanne Muhle, Maria Nooke, Gerhard Sälter, Günter Schlusche, Cornelia Thiele and Hermann Wentker.

Product details

• Assisted by: Axe Klausmeier (Editor), Axel Klausmeier (Editor), Axe Klausmeier (Prof. Dr.) (Editor), Miriamne Fields (Translation)
• Publisher: Ch. Links Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2018
• EAN: 9783861538592
• ISBN: 978-3-86153-859-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 213 mm x 242 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 1103 g
• Illustrations: 155 farbige und 326 s/w-Abbildungen und 22 Karten/Tabellen
• Series: Veröffentlichungen der Stiftung Berliner Mauer
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Kalter Krieg, Berlin, Flucht, Ostdeutschland, DDR, Geschichte Deutschlands, Politische Kontrolle, Propaganda und Freiheitsrechte, Gedenkstätte, Politisches System: Totalitarismus und Diktatur, Deutschland: Kalter Krieg (1945 bis 1990 n. Chr.), DDR-Geschichte, Mauer, Militärische Institutionen, auseinandersetzen, Periode des Kalten Krieges (ca. 1945 bis ca. 1990)