Die unterirdische Mauer - Archäologie der Grenzanlagen und Fluchttunnel

In today's Berlin cityscape, there are only a few places where above-ground relics of the GDR border fortifications remain. In his two-volume work "The Berlin Wall (1961–1989): GDR border fortifications and escape tunnels as reflected in archaeological documentation and their monument value", the author summarizes the results of the archaeological research and combines them with already known historical sources in images, writing and sound. The archaeological research results and numerous material remains complete the still incomplete historical picture of the border system, the underground escape routes and the countermeasures to prevent escape by the state security and the GDR border troops.

At this book launch, the author discusses with various guests what the last relics of the GDR border fortifications still tell us today about control, escape and life at the Berlin Wall can.

Program

Welcome: Dr. Christoph Rauhut, state curator and director of the Berlin State Monuments Office
Laudatory speech: Prof. Dr. Matthias Wemhoff, Berlin state archaeologist
Book presentation: Torsten Dressler, author and archaeologist
Discussion with:
Prof. Dr. Axel Klausmeier, Director of the Berlin Wall Foundation
Dr. Sebastian Heber, head of the archeology department at the State Monuments Office in Berlin and deputy state archaeologist in Berlin
Katharina Malek-Custodis, deputy state archaeologist in Brandenburg and consultant for contemporary historical archeology at the Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum
Dr. Leonie Glabau, Head of the Garden Monument Preservation and Urban Monument Preservation Department at the Berlin State Monuments Office
Moderation: Dr. Christoph Rauhut

In cooperation with the Berlin State Monuments Office

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