JIAN LUO

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Berlin Wall, A virtual visit of a real history

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A child plays in front of Mauer... Wall to commemorate its fall.

A child plays in front of Mauerbrunnen, a monument built by the Berlin city government near the original site of the Berlin Wall to commemorate its fall.

A Berliner jogs in front of the...er of the division of Germany.

A Berliner jogs in front of the Berlin Wall Memorial (Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer), one of the longest remaining vestiges of the Berlin Wall and the main commemoration center of the division of Germany.

Pigeons hovers in front of the ...none-government organizations.

Pigeons hovers in front of the East Side Gallery. The 1.3-kilometer East Side Gallery is the longest remaining ruins of the Berlin Wall. It contains 105 paintings drawn on the east side of the Berlin Wall in 1990. Some of the works were destroyed during the full restoration in 2009; the others were protected by none-government organizations.

Tourists pass by the East Side Gallery.

A Berliner reads in front of the vestiges of the Berlin Wall.

A group of tourists peeks throu...htower inside the Berlin Wall.

A group of tourists peeks through gaps of a protective wall to look at the watchtower inside the Berlin Wall.

A cross in front of the Berlin ...th victims of the Berlin Wall.

A cross in front of the Berlin Wall vestiges in the Berlin Wall Memorial Park (Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer) commemorates the death victims of the Berlin Wall.

A section of the Berlin Wall re...ätte Berliner Mauer).

A section of the Berlin Wall remains in the Berlin Wall Memorial Park (Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer).

The photo wall named "...th victims of the Berlin Wall.

The photo wall named "Window of Commemoration" (Fenster des Gedenkens) in the Berlin Wall Memorial Park (Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer) shows pictures of the death victims of the Berlin Wall.

A protected remaining section of the Berlin Wall.

Due to the excessive destructio...o; to commemorate its history.

Due to the excessive destruction of the Berlin Wall, the Berlin City Government marked the former location of the Berlin Wall on the street with pebbles and a bronze medal engraved with "Mauer 1961-1990 (Berlin Wall 1961-1990)” to commemorate its history.

Protestors in front of the Bran... and reunification of Germany.

Protestors in front of the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor), the symbol of the division and reunification of Germany.

A huge advertisement on the wal...g West Berlin from the window.

A huge advertisement on the wall of a building in front of the Berlin Wall. The East German government once blocked all the residential windows facing the Berlin Wall to prevent residents from seeing West Berlin from the window.

The Mauerpark in the Prenzlauer...rk after German reunification.

The Mauerpark in the Prenzlauer Berg district is a popular place for leisure on weekends. The former “death strip” of the Berlin Wall was transformed into a public park after German reunification.

Several young cycled through th... Cemetery (Invalidenfriedhof).

Several young cycled through the remains of the Berlin Wall in the Invalids' Cemetery (Invalidenfriedhof).

A street musical in front of the East Side Gallery.

View to the sculpture Molecule ...s the integration of the city.

View to the sculpture Molecule Man, by American artist Jonathan Borofsky, across the railway bridge. The sculpture symbolizes the integration of the city.

A section of Berlin wall protec...ding near the Potsdamer Platz.

A section of Berlin wall protected in a building near the Potsdamer Platz.

The remains of the Berlin Wall ...e night of November 9 in 1989.

The remains of the Berlin Wall on Bornholmer Street. The numbers on the ground mark the moment when the moment when the Berlin Wall fell on the night of November 9 in 1989.

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Berlin Wall, A virtual visit of a real history

Updated Nov 2020

Location Berlin

Topics Architecture, Documentary, Editorial, Essays, Photography, Photojournalism, Street, Travel

The fall of the Berlin Wall paves the way for German reunification in 1989. The Wall, “Wall of Anti-Fascist Protection" by the East German government and “Wall of Shame" for the West Germans, has completed its mission historic and was demolished the following year.
Thirty years later, this artificial border that divided Europe into two worlds is lost in the tumult of the city and the desolation of the great suburbs. Along the disappeared Wall, distinct memories under two ideologies blend into a scar in human history.

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