{"id":3072,"date":"2021-03-15T16:09:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.henne-ordnung.de\/?post_type=projects&p=3072"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T08:02:37","slug":"30th-anniversary-of-the-peaceful-revolution-fall-of-the-berlin-wall","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/kulturprojekte.berlin\/en\/projects\/30th-anniversary-of-the-peaceful-revolution-fall-of-the-berlin-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"30th Anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution \u2013 Fall of the Berlin Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For seven days at seven original historical sites, Berlin remembered, celebrated and paid tribute to the Peaceful Revolution and those individuals who had the courage to resist the regime of the GDR. <\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n
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In November 2019, after similar events held in 2009 and 2014, Berlin once again marked the anniversary of the fall of the Wall, which eventually led to the dissolution of the GDR and ultimately to the unification of Germany in 1990. During the city-wide week of festivities, which were once again organised by our team, over one million people gathered to remember, celebrate and pay tribute to the efforts of those individuals who took to the streets in 1989 to fight for freedom and ended up changing the entire world in the process of what came to be known as the Peaceful Revolution. In cooperation with several partners, we made it possible for visitors to experience history up close at seven sites directly associated with the Peaceful Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall. The events that took place at these original historical sites are remembered there to this day; they help to recall and honour key moments associated with the fall of the SED regime, the courage of those individuals who opposed the dictatorship and the overall sense of democratic awakening. The 30th anniversary was an occasion to celebrate, but also an opportunity to remember the victims of the SED dictatorship, to have open, honest and critical discussions and to reflect upon the present and the future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Visitors were invited to explore open-air exhibitions set up at seven sites and open 24\/7, including at Gethsemanekirche, Alexanderplatz, Brandenburg Gate, Kurf\u00fcrstendamm, the former Stasi headquarters, Schlossplatz and East Side Gallery. Over two hundred events took place each day and were visited by thousands of visitors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t