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Tränenpalast
Inner-German border crossing building at Berlin Friedrichstrasse station, later used as a theatre
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About
About Tränenpalast
The Tränenpalast (English: "Palace of Tears") is a former border crossing point between East and West Berlin, at Berlin Friedrichstraße station, which was in operation between 1962 and 1989. It is now a museum with exhibitions about Berlin during the Cold War period and about the process of German reunification.
It was the border crossing for travelers on the S-Bahn, U-Bahn and trains going between East and West Germany. It was used only for westbound border crossings. It had separate checkpoints for West Berliners, West Germans, foreigners, diplomats, transit travelers and East Germans.
The term Tränenpalast is derived from the tearful partings that took place in front of the building between western visitors and East German residents who were not permitted to travel to West Berlin.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Built
- 1962
- Official website
- hdg.de
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