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Brandenburger Tor
A process without historical precedent
Germany has been reunited since October 3, 1990. The peaceful revolution of the people in the GDR had brought down the Wall that had divided Germany into east and west.
Wiedervereinigung: Deutschland feiert 30 Jahre Mauerfall
Berlin: Celebrations on the occasion of the fall of the Berlin Wall open
Almost 30 years ago the #BerlinWall fell. Today, a week-long celebration of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall began. Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Federal President are expected on 9 November.
Attraktiver Gegensatz: Landwirtschaft vor der Frankfurter Skyline
One country – many differences
There are many differences between east and west – and also between north and south. Surprising insights: Germany, 30 years after the fall of the Wall.
TV-Duell vor der Wahl in Thüringen
Myths and realities
Manfred Güllner, the well-known opinion researcher, explains how the “electoral successes” of the right-wing populist AfD should really be assessed.
Populismus in Deutschland
Populists in search of votes
Populists are also making their voices heard in Germany. How do they operate and what do they mean for democracy? A political scientist provides answers.
Durch die Teilung Berlins bis zum Mauerfall 1989 gab es vieles doppelt
Berlin: a double take
Berlin's division until the fall of the Wall in 1989 doubled many things — a real added value for Berlin visitors today.
Susan Neiman: „Berlin ist viel internationaler geworden“ International impulses in Berlin
Mauerfall: Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands
Born under communism and searching for identity
Born before 1989, the "Third Generation East" is trying to understand its families' lives under communist rule.
Heute ist die Mauer in Berlin eine Touristenattraktion.
Germany without the Wall
Taking stock: many things have normalised in the last 30 years, but differences still remain.
Mauerfall: Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands 1989
Past and present
Germany before and after the fall of the Wall – a story in pictures
Angie Pohlers
No Young Pioneer’s badge
Angie Pohlers was born in eastern Germany the year the Wall came down. How has she experienced the growing together of East and West?
East Side Gallery in Berlin
A life without the Wall
In 1989 the Wall fell, and in 1989 our author was born. She belongs to a generation that never experienced a divided Germany.
María Cecilia Barbetta
Stayed here
The writer María Cecilia Barbetta has found her second home in Germany. Here she tells how it happened.
Mauerfall: Zug in die Freiheit
Train to freedom
A multimedia project depicts the escape of Christian Bürger from the GDR in 1989.
Remembrance of the Wall in times of Instagram
Remembrance of the Wall in times of Instagram
Smartphones, selfisticks, cameras: the #EastSideGallery on the #Spree is a tourist magnet. Almost 30 years ago, artists painted the east side of the wall and transformed it into a gallery. What do the visitors who only take selfies know about its history?
Fall der Mauer
Berlin's East Side Gallery is saved - Berlin Wall
Crowds of tourists make daily pilgrimages to the painted wall in the capital. But what has the place for a history and who painted here?
Görlitz
The challenge "Aufbau Ost"
The reunification process is without historical precedent and a national tour de force that cannnot be completed in a few years.
A life in two worlds
A strife-torn continent finds inner peace
Udo Lindenberg and German Unity
No other German pop star has focused on Germany’s division to the same extent as Udo Lindenberg. He is more successful than ever in the reunified Germany.