9EN The Second World War inflic ted surprisingly little damage on Prenzlauer Berg Over 70 of the Wilhelminian era buildings suf fered either no or only slight da mage Bombs were dropped where the war industry was located thus the densely occupied area was spared the carpet bombing which hit the district of Berlin Mitte for instance towards the end of the war Yet for all intents and pur poses the fate of Prenzlauer Berg was sealed Its planned demoliti on to make room for prefabricated housing developments was a visi on still seriously discussed as late as the 1980s The only thing that held East German politicians back was the fact that resources were too tight for large scale demoliti on The area degenerated into a slum and over 80 of the district roofs were permeable The neglect of entire residential areas over the decades led to an exodus of many people from Prenzlauer Berg By the end of the 1970s however the district had become a centre of attraction for artists and intellec tuals Creative venues and alter native lifestyles blossomed in the midst of old structures standing shortly before their collapse Following investment during the 1970s in the area surrounding Arnimplatz and in honour of the 750th anniversary of Berlin in 1987 the SED state finally made funds available for the restorati on of other Wilhelminian living areas Many old buildings were refurbished particularly on the Husemannstrasse leading from Kollwitzplatz The plan was to create a kind of open air mu seum for international visitors to Berlin and with the benefit of hindsight one can certainly judge this project a success But it was a drop in the ocean With German reunification in 1989 the hinge of fate turned for Prenzlauer Berg PRENZLAUER BERG VOM SPATZ ZUM PARADIESVOGEL PRENZLAUER BERG FROM SPARROW TO BIRD OF PARADISE tic Gwen Chirlias WASSERTURM DAUERAUSSTELLUNG PERMANENT EXHIBITION Gegenentwürfe Der Prenzlauer Berg vor während und nach dem Mauerfall Prenzlauer Berg before during and after the fall of the Berlin Wall Der Transformations und Wiedervereinigungspro zess lässt sich an keinem anderen Ort in Deutsch land so exemplarisch darstellen wie anhand des Berliner Stadtteils Prenzlauer Berg Hier entstand seit den 1970er Jahren eine facettenreiche Gegen kultur In Prenzlauer Berg agierten namhafte Prota gonisten und wichtige Gruppen der DDR Opposition und entwickelten ihre alternativen Ideen Hier lagen zentrale Orte der Friedlichen Revolution des Jahres 1989 It would be diffi cult to fi nd a better place than Berlin s borough of Prenzlauer Berg to exem plify the process of transformation resulting from Germany s reunifi cation Since the 1970 s the bo rough has been something of a refuge for a multi faceted counterculture Renowned protagonists and important GDR opposition groups developed their alternative ideas and stood against the dominating regime Although most of the text at the exhibition is in German the photographies alone give a sen se of how drastically and fast this now trendy area changed Museum Pankow Prenzlauer Allee 227 228 1 OG in den Räumen 106 107 1 fl oor rooms 106 107 Öffnungszeiten Opening hours Di So 10 00 bis 18 00 Uhr feiertags geschlossen Tues to Sun 10 00 AM 6 00 PM closed on holi days

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