FreiheitEin Stein und Ostgeld

A stone and East German money

Nowhere and never again has the concept of FREEDOM come so close to me as on Bernauer Straße....

FreiheitBecher

Mug

My grandmother was born in a Polish village in 1933. During World War II...

FreiheitUngarn

Hungary

When I came home from school on September 11, 1989, my grandmother told me to do a few things pack, we fly...

FreiheitDer chinesische Drache

The Chinese dragon

I collected Schleich figures as a child. Whenever I felt like I wanted to...

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FreiheitLuther

Luther

I played on this farm as a child and still live on a large, old one today...

FreiheitHeißluftballon

Hot air balloon

The object I'd like to introduce here is my hot air balloon. The colorful balloons in the sky...

FreiheitRollstuhl

wheelchair

I've been in a wheelchair since 1992, so for 26 years now. This is my first wheelchair, which...

FreiheitDead Horse Bay

Dead Horse Bay

This item is a memento of a conversation about freedom in Dead Horse Bay. Add...

FreiheitMut zur Veränderung

Courage to change

For me, freedom is the courage to change: change such as separating things,...

Freiheit5 Mark Kette

5 Mark chain

In the winter of 1945, my mother and I left their Silesian homeland. Her father gave her a bag,...

FreiheitKawarau Snoopy

Kawarau Snoopy

The Kawarau is a river in New Zealand that is popular with whitewater kayakers. Whitewater...

FreiheitMauerstück

piece of wall

It was the most amazing experience of my entire life – I will be 80 this December...

FreiheitDas Piratenboot

The pirate boat

In 2017, I was on vacation and attending seminars in Turkey with my team of 150 people. As...

FreiheitMit Brüchen

With fractions

At the beginning of the year, I had a motorcycle accident – fractures to my left arm and right thumb. The last...

FreiheitDas Yin-Yang Zeichen

The Yin-Yang symbol

In was in the kitchen and thought about which object I stand for freedom, equality and solidarity...

FreiheitDie Freiheitsstaue

The Statue of Liberty

When I was in New York last year, I went to the Statue of Liberty with my family. There...

FreiheitGeschichte einer Flucht

Story of an escape

On August 16, 1989, the suitcases were packed, farewells were said without words, and last glances were cast...

FreiheitWächter der Freiheit

Guardians of Freedom

"Why was the Wall built in the first place?" I asked my grandfather. He said: "It was about...

FreiheitFehlender Kontakt führt zur Entfremdung

Lack of contact leads to alienation

He still remembers that feeling in his stomach, he says. Such a terrible feeling in his stomach. A...

FreiheitEine Kindheitserinnerung

A childhood memory

It was October 1952 when my family and I set out for an unknown future. A...

FreiheitFreiheit und Liebe

Freedom and love

In August 1968, I wanted to meet my friend, who lived in Switzerland, in Prague to discuss...

FreiheitDie Tischanordnung

The table arrangement

"For me from West Germany, the GDR was a completely different world," those were the first words of my...

FreiheitFlucht an Heiligabend

Escape on Christmas Eve

Gabi was 14 years old when her parents told her two days before Christmas Eve 1960 that she was a curse...

FreiheitHaarfärbe-Set

Hair coloring set

I took this picture to represent freedom of expression. Many people know that...