Bernauer Straße
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Bernauer Straße, or Bernauer Strasse, is a street of Berlin situated between the localities of Gesundbrunnen and Mitte, today both belonging to the Mitte borough. It runs from the Mauerpark at the cor
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Bernauer Straße in 1978: Walled up Versöhnungskirche (Reconciliation Church Versöhnungskirche (Berlin-Mitte) [de]), demolished 1985; replaced by the Kapelle der Versöhnung (Chapel of Reconciliation) in 2000
Bernauer Straße in 1955
End of Bernauer Straße, looking into Eberswalder Straße and East Berlin, 1973.
East Berliners waiting for the first opening of the crossing from nearby Eberswalder Straße to Bernauer Straße on 10 November 1989.
Konrad Schumann
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Hans Conrad Schumann, also known as Konrad Schumann, was an East German Bereitschaftspolizist who escaped to West Germany during the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.
Bernauer Straße
…Mauerspringer (Wall jumper) marking the spot at the corner of Ruppiner Straße and Bernauer Straße where the historic defection of East German soldier Conrad Schumann took place where he jumped over the barbed wire marking the border between East and West Berlin on 15 August 1961. Memorial plaque marking Bernauer…
Schumann leaping over barbed wire into West Berlin on 15 August 1961
Schumann's jump over a fence
Schumann-inspired graffiti in the East Side Gallery, Berlin
Mauerspringer ("wall jumper") sculpture by Florian and Michael Brauer and Edward Anders