Alexanderplatz
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Berliner Forum für Geschichte und Gegenwart (bfgg), Monica Geyler, Reinhard von Bernus
Alexanderplatz
Text source: Stefanie Endlich
Picture credits:
1. Alexanderplatz,1925, Max Missmann, Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Inv.-Nr. IV64/3128V
2. Alexanderplatz, 4 November 1989, Reinhard Kaufhold, akg-images/picture-alliance/ZB, AKG5021458
3. Architectural design by H. Kollhoff and H. Timmermann, 1993, Uwe Rau, ullstein bild 01729326
City Centre Alexanderplatz
Text source: Stefanie Endlich
Picture credits:
1. Alexanderplatz, 1933, postcard, akg-images AKG54979
2. Postcard, 1976, postcard, Privatsammlung Weidner
3. Alexanderplatz,1985, Andreas Kämper, ADN Zentralbild, BArch Bild 183-1985-0904-319
Berlin TV Tower
Text source: Stefanie Endlich
Picture credits:
1. Design TV Tower, 1959, Zeichnung, Hermann Henselmann, AdK, Henselmann 847 F.31c
2. TV Tower, 1968, Horst Sturm, BArch Bild 183-G0806-0007-001
3. Bar and restaurant, 2017, Torsten Fritsche, Die Lichtisten
Building site for the Town Hall since 1260
Picture credits:
1. Red City Hall: Staircase, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Red City Hall: Pillared hall, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
St. Mary's Church
Text source: Cornelia Ganz
Photo credits:
1. Oil painting: New Market and St. Mary's Church, 1827/28, Heinrich Hintze, bpk/Hermann Buresch bpk00010635
2. St. Mary's Church: Organ, 2019, Christian Fuchs, bfgg
Haus der Statistik
Text source: Stefanie Endlich
Photo credits:
1. The “Haus der Statistik“ and The “Haus des Reisens“, 1972, Peter Liebers, ADN Zentralbild BArch Bild 183-L0824-308
2. Illustration of potential future uses, 2016, raumlabor berlin
3. The “Workshop“ in the pavilion, 2019, Stefanie Endlich, Berlin
In the foyer: no trace of Prussian severity
Picture credits:
1. Reception hall, 2018, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Staircase, 2018, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Berlin's first city wall
Picture credit:
1. Remains of the Ancient City Wallls, 2018, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Women's protest at Rosenstraße
Text source: Cornelia Ganz
Picture credit:
1. Memorial to the Rosenstraße Protest, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz
Text source: Michael Bienert
Picture credits:
1. Portrait: Michael Bienert, 2018, Leon Buchholz, Michael Bienert privat
2. Portrait: Alfred Döblin, 1949, N.N., akg-images AKG4809840
3. Alexanderplatz, 1927, Walter Frank, BVG-Archiv, Negativnummer 28022/06, Reg.Nr. 351
Meeting place at the Weltzeituhr
Text source: Stefan Wolle
1. Armin Mitter, Stefan Wolle, Untergang auf Raten, Unbekannte Kapitel der DDR-Geschichte, München 1993
Picture credits:
1. The Weltzeituhr, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Portrait: Stefan Wolle, 2018, Stefan Wolle privat
Medieval monument, contemporary stage
Text source: Ute Müller-Tischle
Picture credits:
1. Portrait: Ute Müller-Tischler, 2019, Ute Müller-Tischler privat
2. Ruin Abbey Church, 2018, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
“Art for the people“
Text source: Gerold Ducke
Picture credits:
1. Portrait: Gerold Ducke, 2018, Gerold Ducke privat
2. Volksbühne, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Haus des Lehrers and bcc Berlin Congress Center
Text source: Stefanie Endlich
Picture credits:
1. Haus des Lehrers and bcc Berlin Congress Center, 2013, Stefanie Endlich, Berlin
2. The large hall under the dome, 1964, Helmut Schaar, ADN Zentralbild BArch Bild 183-C1004-0004-008
3. Wall frieze, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Karl-Marx-Allee Boulevard
Text source: Stefanie Endlich
Picture credits:
1. Karl-Marx-Allee, 1966, Joachim Spremberg, ADN Zentralbild BArch Bild E1128-0010-001
2. “Kosmetiksalon Babette”, 1964, Eva Brüggmann, ADN Zentralbild BArch Bild 183-C0422-0005-002
3. Foyer of the Kino International, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Water cascades and fountain
Text source: Cornelia Ganz
Picture credits:
1. Water cascades, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. The Neptune Fountain, 2017, Robert Grahn, Euroluftbild.de, akg 5363285
By S-Bahn from Alex to the Zoo
Picture credits:
1. Alexanderplatz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Museumsinsel, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Bundeskanzleramt, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
4. Breitscheidplatz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
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