Dokumentationszentrum Berliner Mauer — Attraction in Berlin

This museum features the making of the documentation centre. We visited this after going around the Berlin Wall Memorial and it complements and solidifies all the information that can be read on the displays in the Memorial. I like the way the panels are arranged as the text are easy to read, accompanied by big pictures that makes the text reading come alive. This is also accompanied by a short video towards the rear part of the first floor. Then, at the end part of the first floor, there is an interaction part where you can write words, draw, or sketch any experience you had in the documentation centre. This is the most touching part for me as I reflected on the experiences of the inahbitants of Germany in those chaotic days, months and years. I will visit Berlin again because it seems to have a mysterious story to tell me. I want to discover this city more. I captured my heart becaue of the stories seen from...

For anyone needing the elevator: Would be 5 stars but for accessibility issues. Need the elevator? You’ll need to ask for the key. This seems to be a thing in Berlin. Maybe all of Germany? We needed the elevator because we have a baby in a stroller. No problem, but you have to ask. And you have to know German to read the sign telling you to ask. The sign had English but it doesn’t tell you to ask for a key. Otherwise this is great. The platform is very nice to see the original preserved (and partly reconstructed) Death Zone in between and city scape views. The first floor exhibit (all I viewed) ie also very well done and in German and English. Effective, moving photos, facts I didn’t know, a nice complement to walking down on the ground. There’s also an accessible/family restroom with changing...

We spent the afternoon examining this museum complex. There was a well-made exhibition in the outdoor spaces, which depicted the phases of the wall and human destinies in its authentic environment, where things really happened! In the interior, there was a good exhibition about the wall and people. It's worth climbing to the viewing terrace to see what the wall was really like in its final stages. It is difficult to comprehend the cruelty of the communist system and the suffering of people. Perhaps most amazingly, the wall continued to be improved until 1989, when it was finally broken down. I feel every visitor to Berlin should visit this museum at least once, so that we...