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Walking Tour: Marzahn, the Wild Wild East
Event by: RevolutionaryBerlin Tours
Location: Berlin, Berlin
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Most Berliners have never been to Marzahn. People from inside the Ring picture a post-socialist hellhole: monotonous concrete housing projects filled with Nazis.
Starting in 1979, an entire neighborhood for 150,000 people was built in less than a decade, relying on the unparalleled efficiency of East Germany's planned economy.
People moved into the new Plattenbau (pre-fab concrete) apartments in the 1980s, full of hope for their new lives — and soon witnessed their country, their neighborhood, and their careers collapse. As Marzahn was left to decay in the 1990s, many residents left, while others turned to the Far Right.
What if Marzahn, despite its reputation, is actually rather beautiful? On this tour, skeptical Berliners can explore this terra incognita and learn about the German Democratic Republic.
If you would like to attend a tour, please send an e-mail with the date of the tour to: [email protected]. You will get a confirmation e-mail within one day. This is to make sure we have enough people (at least 5) but also not too many (no more than 25) for a tour to take place.
Our tour will be meeting at S-Bhf Springfuhl, on the train platform in the middle. We will meet at 14:00 and leave by 14:00. We will later take one quick trip on the tram. The tour will end roughly two hours later at S-Bhf Marzahn (Eastgate Shopping Center).
Suggested donation is 15 euros per person, but any contribution is appreciated and none is required. You can also pick up a signed copy of the book Revolutionary Berlin.
If you have any questions, please send an e-mail: [email protected]
Most Berliners have never been to Marzahn. People from inside the Ring picture a post-socialist hellhole: monotonous concrete housing projects filled with Nazis.
Starting in 1979, an entire neighborhood for 150,000 people was built in less than a decade, relying on the unparalleled efficiency of East Germany's planned economy.
People moved into the new Plattenbau (pre-fab concrete) apartments in the 1980s, full of hope for their new lives — and soon witnessed their country, their neighborhood, and their careers collapse. As Marzahn was left to decay in the 1990s, many residents left, while others turned to the Far Right.
What if Marzahn, despite its reputation, is actually rather beautiful? On this tour, skeptical Berliners can explore this terra incognita and learn about the German Democratic Republic.
If you would like to attend a tour, please send an e-mail with the date of the tour to: [email protected]. You will get a confirmation e-mail within one day. This is to make sure we have enough people (at least 5) but also not too many (no more than 25) for a tour to take place.
Our tour will be meeting at S-Bhf Springfuhl, on the train platform in the middle. We will meet at 14:00 and leave by 14:00. We will later take one quick trip on the tram. The tour will end roughly two hours later at S-Bhf Marzahn (Eastgate Shopping Center).
Suggested donation is 15 euros per person, but any contribution is appreciated and none is required. You can also pick up a signed copy of the book Revolutionary Berlin.
If you have any questions, please send an e-mail: [email protected]
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