Berlin Wall Memorial
In 1998, the Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer was created to commemorate the division of Berlin by the Berlin Wall and the deaths that occurred along it. The design came from the architects Kohlhoff & Kohlhoff, after a memorial idea was suggested by the Deutsches Historisches Museum for the federal government; the competition and completion cost was 2.2 million Marks. Construction was funded by the Federal Republic of Germany, while maintenance was carried by the state of Berlin. On 11 September 2008, the Berlin House of Representatives approved the memorial’s opening on the anniversary of the day the Wall fell—at a site on Bernauer Straße at the corner of Ackerstraße. Among its elements was a 60-metre-long section of Wall, staged with features associated with escape attempts, including the Todesstreifen, alongside a Chapel of Reconciliation, the Berlin Wall Documentation Centre, and a window of remembrance with a visitor centre. …
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