CityLife

To mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, Imperial War Museum North in Manchester presents a small but powerful display of more than 20 photographs, many of which are on display for the first time. Highlights of the display include: the evolution of the wall from primitive barbed wire barricade to modern fortification and artist's inspiration; images captured by German photojournalists illustrating the impact on the people of Berlin as families were separated or sought to escape the restrictions imposed on them; photographs taken by British Army photographers, never before displayed to the public, that document the confrontation between the East and the West; and the momentous days when East and West were reunited depicted by the image of a solitary child chipping away at the wall with a chisel.