Beschreibung
The Berlin Wall Memorial Center on Bernauer Strasse is the main memorial site of divided Germany, located in the center of the German capital. Alongside the exhibit at the former border strip, a permanent exhibition entitled “1961 | 1989. The Berlin Wall” was opened in November 2014, providing information about the political and historical context. The exhibition catalog amply illustrates the history of a divided Germany. With essays by Marianne Birthler, Katja Böhme, Klaus-Dietmar Henke, Elke Kimmel, Axel Klausmeier, Kay Kufeke, Susanne Muhle, Maria Nooke, Gerhard Sälter, Günter Schlusche, Cornelia Thiele and Hermann Wentker.
Axel Klausmeier: 1965 geboren, Studium der Kunstgeschichte und Neueren Geschichte in Bochum, München und Berlin; 1999 Promotion; von 2001 bis 2006 Assistent an der BTU Cottbus; 2006/07 Oberassistent an der ETH Zürich; 2007/08 wiss. Mitarbeiter in einem DFG-Forschungsprojekt zur Geschichte der Berliner Mauer; seit Januar 2009 Direktor der Stiftung Berliner Mauer.