Mauerschau — Berlin wall app

Paul Ehrhardt

About this app

The Mauerschau app connects historical sites with personal stories: Eyewitnesses guide you through Berlin and share their experiences of the Wall – from its construction and everyday life with it to the stories of daring escapes.

Explore the city through interactive tours, videos, and augmented reality.

Your features at a glance:

• Historical walking tours at real Berlin sites
• Eyewitness videos & original archive footage
• Augmented Reality overlays of archival photos on site
• Stream in SD or HD – optimized for your connection
• Scientifically grounded info on the GDR, the Berlin Wall, escape stories, and the fall of the Wall

What awaits you:

• Escape with Holger Klein on the Moscow–Paris Express
• Meet Erika Schallert, fleeing the GDR in her wedding dress
• Witness Pastor Fischer as his church is blown up for the Wall
• Discover the tunnel dug by Winfried Schweitzer to free 57 people
• Learn how East German soldier Heinz Schäfer stopped US tanks
• Celebrate New Year’s Eve 1989 at the Brandenburg Gate – on the ruins of the Berlin Wall

All stories combine real locations, archival media and personal memories – made accessible through mobile storytelling and immersive AR experiences.

Now also available in English!

What’s new

Fixed bug in terms of content.