Cold War Sites in Berlin

Exhibition "GrenzErfahrungen" at the Tränenpalast

Mon to Sat: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sun: Closed

© Foto: Axel Thünker | Stiftung Haus der Geschichte

The Tränenpalast ("Palace of Tears") near Bahnhof Friedrichstraße is home to the permament exhibition "GranzErfahrungen", giving an insight into the day-to-day life of a country divided in two.

“Tränenpalast” was the coloquial name of the building at the border crossing at Bahnhof Friedrichstraße through which West-German visitors to the GDR would leave the country to the west. Now this building is home to the permanent exhibition “GrenzErfahrungen. The every day of German separation”, detailing in the repercussions into the daily life of people living in a divided country.

The exhibition at the Tränenpalast illustrates everyday German life with separation and the border using biographical material, many original artefacts and objects and interviews with contemporates. This has converted the Tränenpalast into a very special memorial of the division of Germany into two countries. The exhibition is funded by the foundation Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.