The banks of the Spree near Oberbaumbrücke, West Berlin, March 1989
The Wall at Lübars, West Berlin, April 1989
Mikhail Gorbachev and Erich Honecker: the kiss. © Corbis
Queue for Begrüßungsgeld (“welcome money”), West Berlin, November 1989
Brandenburger Tor, November 4, 1989
S.E.D. (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands) demonstration, East Berlin, November 10, 1989
Potsdamer Platz, West Berlin, November 12, 1989
Potsdamer Platz, West Berlin, November 12, 1989
Marx and Engels, East Berlin, November 1989
“Socialism with a future—S.E.D.”
“Nobel Peace Prize for Gorbachev,” S.E.D. demonstration, East Berlin, November 10, 1989
A Mauerspecht (wall woodpecker) pecking away. Potsdamer Platz, West Berlin, November 12, 1989
Schlesische Straße / Puschkinallee, West Berlin, November 11, 1989
Checkpoint Charlie, West Berlin, November 10, 1989
Neue Zeit, East Berlin, as seen from Café Adler, West Berlin, November 1989
Checkpoint Charlie, West Berlin, November 10, 1989
Potsdamer Platz, West Berlin, November 12, 1989
Polenmarkt, West Berlin, December 1989
Potsdamer Platz, “Holland greets Berlin.” West Berlin, November 12, 1989
Arminius. Hermannsdenkmal (Hermann Monument), Teutoburg Forest
Max II Monument, Munich, detail
Tribune, Nazi party rally grounds, Nuremberg
Bridge over the River Oder. German–Polish border
Election campaign, Rügen, March 1990
“Wailing Wall,” Leipzig, March 1990
Elections, S-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz, East Berlin, March 1990
Marx, wall relief, East Berlin
Dream exchange rate, East Germany, May 1990
Falkplatz, East Berlin, April 1990
Falkplatz, East Berlin, April 1990
Death strip, Falkplatz, East Berlin, April 1990
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, Kyffhäuser Monument
Neue Wache, Unter den Linden, East Berlin, May 23, 1990
Neue Wache, Unter den Linden, East Berlin, May 23, 1990
Hermann Maternstraße, East Berlin, May 1990
Belvedere, Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam
Monument in Hamburg, detail, 1991
Construction of the new Reichstag dome, 1997
Frederick I of Prussia, Charlottenburger Tor, West Berlin
Potsdamer Platz, Sony Centre, detail
Der Löwenkämpfer by Albert Wolff, 1861, in front of Das Alte Museum, Berlin Mitte
Weidendammer Brücke, Berlin Mitte
Demolition of Palast der Republik, Berlin Mitte, October 2008
Tempelhof airport, October 2008
Poster: Journey through time with the Rosinenbomber, October 2008
All photographs © Simone Sassen unless otherwise indicated