Space

Berlin Wall in the German Bundestag

Commemorating at the historic site. Making the border visible.

The inner-German border once ran between the Reichstag building and the Jakob Kaiser Building. In the middle of today's parliamentary district, an installation designed by us in the connecting tunnel under Friedrich-Ebert-Platz commemorates this historic site.
A symbolic strip of Corten steel marks the former course of the Wall. Where members of parliament, staff and visitors now cross the border every day, the former division can be experienced spatially. The intervention is deliberately minimalist – a silent, permanent reminder against forgetting and for political responsibility.

Accompanying wall inscriptions provide information about the history of the Berlin Wall. The so-called ‘Wall Book’ documents the individual fates of the victims of the Wall and makes the human dimension of the division vividly visible. The scenography is complemented by a photo exhibition with works by Barbara Klemm on the fall of the Wall and an exhibition on the role of the 10th People's Chamber in the reunification process.

The result is a multi-layered space of remembrance in the tunnel: a place of commemoration, information and political reflection – embedded in the heart of parliamentary democracy.