Memory of the World; 2012 - unesdoc - Unesco

the Wall, the subsequent construction of the sectoral border
walls and, finally, the fall of the Wall. The photographs of the
successful escape of border policeman Conrad Schumann
(1961) and of the young man Peter Fechter (1962), shot while
trying to escape and helplessly bleeding to death at the
Wall, have become icons of world photography. The two
Berlin speeches by the respective Presidents of the USA,
John F. Kennedy in 1963 and Ronald Reagan in 1987, shaped
the worldwide memories of the Berlin Wall. As most of the
� Berlin was divided at the Brandenburg Gate
when the Berlin Wall was constructed.
physical construction of the Berlin Wall has been destroyed
since 1990, the public memory is very much based on films
and photographs. The negotiations of the four victorious
powers of Second World War with the representatives of
both German states resulted in the Two-Plus-Four-Treaty
of 1990, the last document selected, which enabled the
unification of Germany and pushed forward the process
of European integration.
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