• Memorial of the Berlin Wall - Your tour begins with jumping over the wall at the entrance to the Nordbahnhof S-Bahn station on Gartenstrasse. Today, your guide will tell you why there were so-called “ghost stations” during the GDR era.
• Memorial of the Berlin Wall - At the beginning of the Berlin Wall Memorial you will receive a brief overview of how a wall could have been built in the first place.
• Memorial of the Berlin Wall - On June 15, 1961, W. Ulbricht brought his world-famous lie into play: “Nobody has any intention of building a wall!” Less than two months later, on August 13, 1961, the border was sealed off and a wall was built. You can get an insight into how the border strip was constructed.
• Memorial of the Berlin Wall - At least 140 people died at the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1989. In fact, the exact number of victims is unknown. At the memorial window, your guide will tell you about the fates of those who had to pay with their lives for their freedom.
• Berlin - Your guide will accompany you to the viewing platform. From here you have an overview of the border strip on Bernauer Strasse.
• Ackerstraße - Not far from Ackerstrasse is the chapel of the Church of Reconciliation. This is where the church once stood, which stood in the middle of the border strip. People from East and West Berlin celebrated services together in this church. Your guide will tell you what happened to the church after the border was closed.
• Memorial of the Berlin Wall - The passenger agreements were agreements between the Senate of Berlin (West) and the GDR to make the wall more permeable. Your guide will tell you about this. You will also learn how brutally and ruthlessly the GDR abused children and young people for its own purposes.
• Memorial of the Berlin Wall - Along Bernauer Strasse there used to be residential buildings with windows and exits to West Berlin. The houses were on the territory of the GDR. Find out about the inhuman tragedies and fates that took place here. Out of fear and desperation, hundreds of people jumped out of their windows to their deaths. Here you have the opportunity to look at the pictures and videos at your leisure.
• Memorial of the Berlin Wall - The 1960s were marked by numerous tunnel escapes. One tunnel has become legendary and is located in the immediate vicinity of the border house. Accompany your guide to this tunnel and learn how the GDR changed history for the purposes of propaganda.
• Memorial of the Berlin Wall - The jump of border guard Conrad Schumann is one of the most famous escapes at the Berlin Wall. Schumann was wanted until the fall of the GDR. Your guide will tell you about Schumann’s life.
• Memorial of the Berlin Wall - Kidnappings were part of the GDR’s core business. Former employees of the NVA and People’s Police were particularly kidnapped by criminal gangs on the orders of the GDR from the West back to the GDR. One kidnapping even ended in death. Your guide will tell you a lot about this.
• Memorial of the Berlin Wall - Not only was there the Cold War, but there was also a massive loudspeaker war in Berlin. Find out today how the West and the East made each other’s lives hell.
• Mauerpark - Your tour ends right at Mauerpark. Like the construction of the Berlin Wall, the fall of the Wall also has its story and your guide will tell you about it today.

• Experienced and knowledgeable guide

The wall stretched through the heart of Berlin for over 40 km, splitting both a city and a nation for 28 years. For many, this is hard to fathom.

In a genuine and engaging manner, your guide will transport you back in time from the erection to the fall of the Berlin Wall. You’ll gain insight into the creation of the border strip. Your guide will share real stories about the lives of people who sacrificed their lives for freedom at the Wall.

The Stasi’s exploitation of children and youth for propaganda purposes is almost unimaginable today.

Your guide will reveal the selfish and inhumane actions of the GDR when it sealed the border, and how many people leapt to their deaths out of fear and despair.

Your guide will also share a love story or two, because those happened as well.

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