For this week’s Video-Fix, we have a treat for you. In the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th 2019, we are going to take you back in time with more than 200 videos on the history of the Berlin Wall. Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) marked the 25th anniversary with an online video project with short clips from Radio Free Berlin (SFB)/RBB, the German Broadcasting Archive (DRA) and GDR television.
As RBB describes, “The films paint a vivid picture of everyday life in the divided city. Berliners from East and West talk about their personal experiences of living with the Wall: how they fled from East to West, how they were separated from their families, how they went about their day-to-day lives in the shadow of the Wall”.
On the website, you can also create your own documentary of your favourite videos throughout the history. Below, we have gathered a few interesting videos from the website but you can see all the videos right here.
Written by Mads Rise
Communication Trainee at the Terminology Coordination Unit of the European Parliament in Luxembourg. Holds a BA in English and IT-based Marketing and Communication from the University of Southern Denmark. Mads finished his BA with a thesis on Search Engine Optimisation and E-commerce. He has hands-on experience in web communication, SEO, administration and logistics.