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13.08.1961 |
Erection of the Berlin Wall |
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09.11.1989 |
Opening of the wall in Berlin and in between East and West Germany |
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03.10.1990 |
Reunification of the two German states |
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02.1990 |
Creation of the East Side Gallery between the bridge Oberbaumbrücke and the East railway station Ostbahnhof |
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1992 |
Decay of images on this section of the wall begins |
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Partial restoration of the paintings on the wall by the artists |
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04.1996 |
Beginning of the Artists Initiative of the East Side Gallery e.V. |
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2000 |
Restoration and repair of 333 m of the wall. The artists begin the reconstruction of the original paintings. |
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2002 |
The beginning of annual measures being taken to clean and protect the concrete |
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2003 |
The beginning of planning an East Side Gallery Museum |
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2004 |
Cleaning and protection of the wall's concrete. |
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01.2005 |
The federal government provides funding to restore and maintain the East Side Gallery. |
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2008 |
The foundation Deutsche Klassenlotterie grants 995,000 euros towards the reconstruction of the images that form the East Side Gallery – beginning from November 9th |
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04.2009 |
The start of repairing 105 images on the wall – lasting until October 30th |
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05.2009 |
The launch of the event 100 Days of Vernissage under the umbrella of governing mayor Klaus Wowereit. This event lasted from May 24th until August 31st, to support the repairs. |
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03.2013 |
The wall is in danger of being destroyed due to the removal of segments for the Brommy Bridge and a luxury apartment building. This garners a lot of backlash from the community and over 6000 demonstrators show up to protest against this measure. Participants - Mediaspree versenken | change.org | Künstlerinitiative |