Four years after the German capital returned to Berlin, the first exhibits in the German National Museum of Contemporary History opened to record the painful years when Germany was a divided nation.
The museum covers the years from the end of World War II to the fall of the Iron Curtain and reunification of Germany.
It compares life in the East and West with photos, films, and artifacts, showing how the two post-war German states evolved.
Exhibits highlight the Berlin Wall, the Berlin airlift, the iron curtain, and final reunification.
