I was in Berlin several times shortly after 'die Wende'. Only years later I realised how special those moments were in history. Thank you for this nice video! For a while I was back in '89/'90.
I visited Berlin during that time, it felt as if there was magic in the air - we all expected the Berlin situation to end as part of another terrible war, so for everything to end peaceably was 'simply fantastic'.
Yes! I was so pleased to be able to visit Berlin in December 1989 (between Christmas and New Year 1990) and again in April 1990 to see the city in this time period. Even though my visits were only 4 months apart I noticed some differences!
@@CitytransportInfoplus Yes the last the last time I was in Berlin was 1988, before there was even any talk about the wall coming down. Would love to go back there eventually to see how everything has changed.
I remember visiting Berlin in 1990. I had studied in Berlin in 1978 and how the city was during the division. It was so strange to be able to visit Berlin, the Berlin my mother grew up in once again a single city.
I only visited Berlin after the wall had opened - I was going to visit Berlin as part of a journey (by car) to Moscow when that city held the Olympic Games (1980 I think) but that journey was cancelled when the western nations boycotted the Moscow Olympics
Thank you very much for sharing this video! Back then I was only 10 years old. I still remember the Live show from Pink Floyd in 1990, live on tv. My parents had the volume way up! I always wondered how things look back then, shortly after the fall of the wall. I've been in Berlin, years ago, but never seen it when it was like this. The video was very informative!
Thanks for watching and commenting. Even by April things had started to change. For instance, part of the wall had been removed and some U-Bahn stations reopened, although only East Berliners travelling to / from the west were allowed to pass through these stations. It was with utter astonishment that one evening in 1989 I turned on the 10pm TV news and saw that the wall had opened and Easterners were allowed to visit the West. Once they saw the range of foods, clothing and other consumer goods which were in plentiful supply they knew that things needed to change (for them). I first went to Berlin in December 1989 and in the big department store (called Centrum) in Alexander Platz I saw signs in their fresh fruit department saying that only people with Berlin residency papers were allowed to buy these items. Of course they meant East Berlin residents but at that time even a mention of the existence of a 'West' Berlin was forbidden! These signs were in four languages - German, English Russian and another one which I forget. Possibly French (I am unsure). The 'quality' of the foods on sale was appalling. Alas, I did not even try to take photos of the signs, in case I found myself in trouble.
Thank you for the extra information. I did know that the reopened one U-Bahn station, together with restoring the Oberbaumbrücke, which is a beautifull bridge! When I was in Berlin, i also brought a visit to the museum: Berliner Unterwelten, it's worth a visit! I can imagine how that must have felt, to seeing the news on tv! I also was very impressed by the brothers how flew over the wall with a very small (name?) airplane, beautifull footage. I'm glad for you, that the wall is down, but i wish that i was born 10 years earlier, so that i could see this history with my own eyes.
Thank you. Visiting Berlin was a surreal experience - not just because of its direct link to WW2 but because of what I saw and unfortunately could not film in East Berlin. For instance, the fruit section in a large shop called Centrum located in Alexanderplatz where there were signs in four languages (English, German, Russian and one more) saying that only people who lived in (East) Berlin were allowed to buy the fruit.
Seeehr gut. Ganz toll. Supi Supi Super!!! Das ist eine Erinnerung, die ich in Berlin war. Auch Orginalton war super. Klasse!! Ganz toll aufgenommen. Gut aufheben!
Berlin was a fascinating city, even with its sad history. But life has moved on since then and a generation of people who only know Berlin as a single unified city have grown up and become adults.
16:46 The good man stucks in the time before October 1989 and said about the filming "We doesn't like to see this". Obedience was the reason, that some historical knowledge is lost forever.
Thank you, yes, an historical document and it is so nice that after decades of turmoil it has been a happy, peaceful ending - rather than what we all thought would happen
I have so many good memories of Loveparades, staying at a appartment at Ostkreuz, partying at Columbia and Casino, enjoying Kulturbrauerei & Prenzlauer Berg. To bad after the year 2005 or so Berlin was changed into a tourist trap and lost much of its rough edges.
Having visited on three visits more recently and been enthralled by Berlin today, I have often wondered what it was like in the period covered by your video. Much as I would have liked to have been there then, I much prefer it now. Given its rise from the ashes and the hiatus under the communists, Berlin is a credit to is citizens.
Its a lovely place to visit ... thriving, full of life. I think it was also like this before the war. When I visited it in 1989 and 1990 only the west was thriving, full of life. The east was more dour.
I remember the Durchbruch and the later Wiedervereinigung, and spending time in the divided Berlin. I knew the neighborhoods on either side of the Wall. Some great memories!
Nudelfabrik, Hanika und ich sind damals immer zum "All you can eat Bananen" in das Cafe Möwenpick uns einmal so richtig die Bäuche vollgehauen. Danach ging es zum street racing mit dem Wartburg auf die Avus. Dort haben wir den Wessis einmal so richtig Gas gegeben.
Intershops could also be frequented by DDR Citizens ...as long as they were in possess of D Mark...(Westmark).So these stores were no specific Dutyfree Shops for Westberlin or Westgerman citizens only...who were visiting the DDR....Exept for the shops at the checkpoints ...as long as the border was shut down for east german citizens...
24:25 To build the electromagnetic train there, was a confession of disbelief in the German union. The discussion about the status of Berlin as capital, showed, that they never expected, what happened in 1990. It was to easy to promise over 40 years "Berlin will be the capital, Bonn is temporarily", when there seems no chance. As long, I doesn't get one million $, I can easily promise to someone, I would give him half of them
Lovely shot to the past. What happened with the M-Bahn? Today you can travel from Wittenbergplatz all the way to Alex through all those formerly closed stations. Great city, I simply love to visit Berlin!!
@@CitytransportInfoplus Hmmm, that interesting. Wonder if the West would love it if the tram system expanded to the West? Thanks for replying regarding about the topic of trams.
I liked the M-Bahn train. It was a shame to see it close - but of course it had to be removed because it used part of a closed U-Bahn line and that was going to be reopened.
@hauswarming - das ist nicht der zukünftige „Tresor“. Der Tresor war in der Leipzigerstraße, diese Aufnahme ist aber Invaliden/Chausseestraße. Wenn ich mich nicht irre, ist das Gebäude ein verschlossener Zugang zur damals gesperrten U-Bahnlinie 6.
even today (2020) many towns and cities subsidise urban transport - fares were charged in East Berlin, I think passengers bought tickets from kiosks and after boarding they were supposed to use a validator and then hold it aloft for everyone else to see.
16:52 Das stimmt so nicht ganz, DDR Bürger, die nach Westberlin reisten, konnten natürlich auch in dieser Art Intershop einkaufen und sogar die Waren mit nach Hause nehmen. That's not correct, East Germans who did a trip to West Berlin could buy in this kind of Intershop and take the goods home.
@@jenslowe7910 Schade, dass ihr schon vergessen habt, warum ihr 1989 auf die Straße gegangen seid. So ein Traumstaat kann die DDR also nicht gewesen sein.
@@HSVvoneVScheissaufPeineOst Es waren damals aber noch nicht deine Landsleute. Es waren Bürger der souveränen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. Die BRD und die DDR waren voneinander unabhängige UNO-Mitglieder. Nach der Wiedervereinigung haben sich die DDR-Bürger in die BRD einbürgern lassen und sind erst seit 1990 BRD-Bürger! Davor waren sie Ausländer. Das ist überhaupt kein Unterschied zu dem von dir angesprochenen Dreckspack. Wenn sich das Dreckspack einbürgern lässt, dann ist es auch dieses erst ab dem Zeitpunkt der Einbürgerung Bürger der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, genauso wie es damals mit den DDR-Bürgern war.
@@markusalexander bist Du bescheuert es waren und sind unsere Landsleute. Du hast sie doch nicht mehr alle. Wir waren und sind es noch heute , nämlich ein Spielball der Siegermächte bzw. Siegermächte USA . Gib dein Pass ab.
pankow is heut noch voll die insel ... gibt kaum straßen von pankow nach wedding rein .... aus m kopf grad nur die wollank halt ... und dann noch richtung reinickendorf wenn man schulze runter nen stück am bürgerpark vorbei
in the period before this happened there was always a concern of war and the Soviet Union invading West Berlin, taking it over and nuclear missiles raining down upon us here in London
I was in Berlin several times shortly after 'die Wende'. Only years later I realised how special those moments were in history. Thank you for this nice video! For a while I was back in '89/'90.
I visited Berlin during that time, it felt as if there was magic in the air - we all expected the Berlin situation to end as part of another terrible war, so for everything to end peaceably was 'simply fantastic'.
Major kudos to the editors, videographers, etc for putting this video together, job well done by all.
Great video! I love seeing and HEARING the Trabis! Thank you for posting all these years later!
The video information now includes a time line for this film and clickable links to my other Berlin films.
Enjoy, Simon
Thank you!
The period between the fall of the wall and reunification was a most interesting time in Berlin’s history. Once in a lifetime.
Yes! I was so pleased to be able to visit Berlin in December 1989 (between Christmas and New Year 1990) and again in April 1990 to see the city in this time period.
Even though my visits were only 4 months apart I noticed some differences!
@@CitytransportInfoplus Yes the last the last time I was in Berlin was 1988, before there was even any talk about the wall coming down. Would love to go back there eventually to see how everything has changed.
I remember visiting Berlin in 1990. I had studied in Berlin in 1978 and how the city was during the division. It was so strange to be able to visit Berlin, the Berlin my mother grew up in once again a single city.
I wanna live in that time for a while and just feel the vibe. Both before, during and after the fall of the wall.
I only visited Berlin after the wall had opened - I was going to visit Berlin as part of a journey (by car) to Moscow when that city held the Olympic Games (1980 I think) but that journey was cancelled when the western nations boycotted the Moscow Olympics
I did it was a brilliant place
Oi sou Do Brasil eu adoro a Alemanha e fiquei encantada de ver como era Berlin nos anos 90 obrigada por postar esses vídios
Danke für die Zeitreise
Crossed checkpoint charlie in 1977 on a bus. US Army. Father was part of the Berlin airlift 1948-1949.
Look at all the trabis... And other old cars... I wish I could buy one...
Tolle Aufnahmen,schöne Erinnerung an alte Zeiten DANKESCHÖN
Thank you very much for sharing this video!
Back then I was only 10 years old. I still remember the Live show from Pink Floyd in 1990, live on tv. My parents had the volume way up! I always wondered how things look back then, shortly after the fall of the wall. I've been in Berlin, years ago, but never seen it when it was like this.
The video was very informative!
Thanks for watching and commenting. Even by April things had started to change. For instance, part of the wall had been removed and some U-Bahn stations reopened, although only East Berliners travelling to / from the west were allowed to pass through these stations.
It was with utter astonishment that one evening in 1989 I turned on the 10pm TV news and saw that the wall had opened and Easterners were allowed to visit the West. Once they saw the range of foods, clothing and other consumer goods which were in plentiful supply they knew that things needed to change (for them).
I first went to Berlin in December 1989 and in the big department store (called Centrum) in Alexander Platz I saw signs in their fresh fruit department saying that only people with Berlin residency papers were allowed to buy these items. Of course they meant East Berlin residents but at that time even a mention of the existence of a 'West' Berlin was forbidden! These signs were in four languages - German, English Russian and another one which I forget. Possibly French (I am unsure). The 'quality' of the foods on sale was appalling. Alas, I did not even try to take photos of the signs, in case I found myself in trouble.
This film may also interest you, its from Berlin in December 1989. Super 8 film, silent (with added music).
ua-cam.com/video/tBIOi1XVsJM/v-deo.html
Thank you for the extra information. I did know that the reopened one U-Bahn station, together with restoring the Oberbaumbrücke, which is a beautifull bridge!
When I was in Berlin, i also brought a visit to the museum: Berliner Unterwelten, it's worth a visit!
I can imagine how that must have felt, to seeing the news on tv!
I also was very impressed by the brothers how flew over the wall with a very small (name?) airplane, beautifull footage.
I'm glad for you, that the wall is down, but i wish that i was born 10 years earlier, so that i could see this history with my own eyes.
a wonderful historical video, thanks for posting.
Thank you. Visiting Berlin was a surreal experience - not just because of its direct link to WW2 but because of what I saw and unfortunately could not film in East Berlin. For instance, the fruit section in a large shop called Centrum located in Alexanderplatz where there were signs in four languages (English, German, Russian and one more) saying that only people who lived in (East) Berlin were allowed to buy the fruit.
Great historic video!
That was quite a trip back in time!
Cool Video! Thanks for sharing! 👍
Love it, left Berlin a year too early!
May I ask, which year you left Berlin?
For your interest, I only went to Berlin after the wall opened in November 1989.
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Many thanks for this most interesting and insightful look at Berlin at this time
Those trains are beautiful.
Seeehr gut. Ganz toll. Supi Supi Super!!! Das ist eine Erinnerung, die ich in Berlin war. Auch Orginalton war super. Klasse!! Ganz toll aufgenommen. Gut aufheben!
Thanks for them memories...
Berlin was a fascinating city, even with its sad history.
But life has moved on since then and a generation of people who only know Berlin as a single unified city have grown up and become adults.
i remember getting off the u bahn at friedich strasse and buying duty free cigarettes and booze
Great history video!
Thank you - I went to Berlin in April 1990 planning to film what I knew would soon be history, happily I was successful.
This is a great video.
16:46 The good man stucks in the time before October 1989 and said about the filming "We doesn't like to see this".
Obedience was the reason, that some historical knowledge is lost forever.
Beautiful Berlin.
2:46 Вы везжайте... Ну, да, я бы тоже визжал от радости при переезде из совка на запад)
Vielen Dank für das tolle Zeitdokument aus meiner Jugend
Danke,... das wahr meine Stadt damals..
Meine auch. Heute… nicht mehr so wirklich.
Old memories... But then again, not so old at all...
10:15 the reason the train assistant wore a suit is because he attended church afterwards.
Historical document!
Thank you, yes, an historical document and it is so nice that after decades of turmoil it has been a happy, peaceful ending - rather than what we all thought would happen
I have so many good memories of Loveparades, staying at a appartment at Ostkreuz, partying at Columbia and Casino, enjoying Kulturbrauerei & Prenzlauer Berg. To bad after the year 2005 or so Berlin was changed into a tourist trap and lost much of its rough edges.
Having visited on three visits more recently and been enthralled by Berlin today, I have often wondered what it was like in the period covered by your video. Much as I would have liked to have been there then, I much prefer it now. Given its rise from the ashes and the hiatus under the communists, Berlin is a credit to is citizens.
Its a lovely place to visit ... thriving, full of life. I think it was also like this before the war.
When I visited it in 1989 and 1990 only the west was thriving, full of life. The east was more dour.
I remember the Durchbruch and the later Wiedervereinigung, and spending time in the divided Berlin. I knew the neighborhoods on either side of the Wall. Some great memories!
Nudelfabrik, Hanika und ich sind damals immer zum "All you can eat Bananen" in das Cafe Möwenpick uns einmal so richtig die Bäuche vollgehauen. Danach ging es zum street racing mit dem Wartburg auf die Avus. Dort haben wir den Wessis einmal so richtig Gas gegeben.
24:13 the East Berlin S-Bahn supported the West Berlin BVG with additional S-Bahn Cars.
Yes! I remember that
Intershops could also be frequented by DDR Citizens ...as long as they were in possess of D Mark...(Westmark).So these stores were no specific Dutyfree Shops for Westberlin or Westgerman citizens only...who were visiting the DDR....Exept for the shops at the checkpoints ...as long as the border was shut down for east german citizens...
24:25 To build the electromagnetic train there, was a confession of disbelief in the German union. The discussion about the status of Berlin as capital, showed, that they never expected, what happened in 1990. It was to easy to promise over 40 years "Berlin will be the capital, Bonn is temporarily", when there seems no chance. As long, I doesn't get one million $, I can easily promise to someone, I would give him half of them
Nobody expected what happened in November 1989, nor in 1990. It was a shock. Even now, in 2022 I still think of two parts of Europe (east and west)
Danke, sehr interessant!
Memories to my childhood trams
Lovely shot to the past. What happened with the M-Bahn? Today you can travel from Wittenbergplatz all the way to Alex through all those formerly closed stations. Great city, I simply love to visit Berlin!!
Thank you for commenting, the M-Bahn closed as part of its route was needed to restore the U-Bahn.
@@CitytransportInfoplus closed within months of opening
Das Gebäude auf 10:43 (auf den Alexanderplatz), gibt es die noch? Ich glaube es hies damals das Weisse Fahne Gebäude.
I am sorry, I do not know - it is many years since I visited Berlin
Das war das Centrum Warenhaus und ist heute der Kaufhof am Alexanderplatz, die weisse Fassade wurde entfernt.
I remember this I was stationed there US Army Berlin Brigade 88-92
Um 23:06: Blick von der Luisenstraße nach Norden.
it would be fun to se a comparision "then and now" whit whats availabel from youtube fotage/videoclips
Yes it would be interesting, but first I would need to return to Berlin, which I regret is unlikely to happen in 2022.
I 'believe' that line serving the Nollandorf (sp) Station now a full fledged U Bahn line again?
yes, it does, and the stations have been rebuilt too.
So Berlin no longer have trams anymore?
Yes Berlin still has trams, but mostly in the east with only a little in the west
@@CitytransportInfoplus Hmmm, that interesting. Wonder if the West would love it if the tram system expanded to the West?
Thanks for replying regarding about the topic of trams.
Ossie Geschenk-Heute gute Geld!----Ein Errinerrungen-Letze Jahrhundert ! Danke !
5:18 - der graue Fahrkarten-Automat" ("Einarmiger Bandit") - ohne Geld reinzustecken den Hebel hin und her...fast endlos die Rolle Tickets! Lach.
thx
I remember well riding on the magnet levitation train.
I liked the M-Bahn train. It was a shame to see it close - but of course it had to be removed because it used part of a closed U-Bahn line and that was going to be reopened.
Is that Stalin at 25:12?
LOL!!!!
maybe a look alike, but not Josef himself
@@CitytransportInfoplus good point, he'd be like 140 years old
5:04 Ehemaliger Tresor Club, noch vor der Eröffnung - toll!
is the position where now there is Tresor Club? are u sure?!
@hauswarming - das ist nicht der zukünftige „Tresor“. Der Tresor war in der Leipzigerstraße, diese Aufnahme ist aber Invaliden/Chausseestraße. Wenn ich mich nicht irre, ist das Gebäude ein verschlossener Zugang zur damals gesperrten U-Bahnlinie 6.
6:47 so this type of transport was Russian subsidized? Because I did not see them paying at boarding time
even today (2020) many towns and cities subsidise urban transport - fares were charged in East Berlin, I think passengers bought tickets from kiosks and after boarding they were supposed to use a validator and then hold it aloft for everyone else to see.
Das Fenster der M-Bahn?
1:02: Stimme eines italienischen Besuchers?
Man I wish I had gotten a DDR border guard uniform back then but I was in the military and it was forbidden.
Gosh engines were so noisy
West Berlin!Meine Stadt,mein Revier,Meine 90er Jahre!
Very few Muslims then .I was there inb92 to 97 . Wonderful times
fake account!
@@huberthubert860 what do u mean fake account
If thats the only thing you notice, than your mind is clearly not free.
Brandon Meade What kind of grammar is that?
@@Che18335 at the end of the video... when u start to think so what s really different ? is exatcly that: no muslim no turkish, it s normal thought
16:52 Das stimmt so nicht ganz, DDR Bürger, die nach Westberlin reisten, konnten natürlich auch in dieser Art Intershop einkaufen und sogar die Waren mit nach Hause nehmen.
That's not correct, East Germans who did a trip to West Berlin could buy in this kind of Intershop and take the goods home.
Ich fand's vor der Wende besser, als die ganzen Zonis noch unter Verschluss waren.
Genau meine Meinung, ich fand es auch viel schöner, ohne die blöden, egoistischen Wessis leben zu müssen...
@@jenslowe7910 Schade, dass ihr schon vergessen habt, warum ihr 1989 auf die Straße gegangen seid. So ein Traumstaat kann die DDR also nicht gewesen sein.
@@markusalexander wir sind für eine bessere DDR auf die Straße gegangen !!!
@@HSVvoneVScheissaufPeineOst Es waren damals aber noch nicht deine Landsleute. Es waren Bürger der souveränen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. Die BRD und die DDR waren voneinander unabhängige UNO-Mitglieder. Nach der Wiedervereinigung haben sich die DDR-Bürger in die BRD einbürgern lassen und sind erst seit 1990 BRD-Bürger! Davor waren sie Ausländer. Das ist überhaupt kein Unterschied zu dem von dir angesprochenen Dreckspack. Wenn sich das Dreckspack einbürgern lässt, dann ist es auch dieses erst ab dem Zeitpunkt der Einbürgerung Bürger der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, genauso wie es damals mit den DDR-Bürgern war.
@@markusalexander bist Du bescheuert es waren und sind unsere Landsleute. Du hast sie doch nicht mehr alle. Wir waren und sind es noch heute , nämlich ein Spielball der Siegermächte bzw. Siegermächte USA . Gib dein Pass ab.
18:37 Goodness, what kind of German?
Die Mauer, durch das Fenster eines Westberliner S-Bahnzugs im Norden Berlins gesehen.
So it's correct.
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Hallo, hast du mehr Material vom Türkischen Basar?
Hello, have you seen this?
ua-cam.com/video/tBIOi1XVsJM/v-deo.html @ 13:16
Orda biri Mehmet abi diye sesleniyor
pankow is heut noch voll die insel ... gibt kaum straßen von pankow nach wedding rein .... aus m kopf grad nur die wollank halt ... und dann noch richtung reinickendorf wenn man schulze runter nen stück am bürgerpark vorbei
Hermann Hesse Straße
Heinrich Mann Straße
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was fürn depri ambiente in der ubahn
Damals, wie heute immer noch...
i wish i was there, not in this shit Berlin of nowdays.
in the period before this happened there was always a concern of war and the Soviet Union invading West Berlin, taking it over and nuclear missiles raining down upon us here in London
what the fuck are you talking about?