Anyone comparing today's Berlin with these images will inevitably come across this word: surreal. Unreal. Almost unbelievable that these images once depicted the reality between two German states. The Berlin State Archive presents here the most impressive photographs of the division from its collection. Images of brutality, urgency, absurdity. Of the real and yet seemingly long-gone Cold War, which split Berlin into two unequal halves from 1961 to 1989. A dreadful structure that tore the city's residents apart and remained a gaping wound for more than 28 years. This is powerfully remembered in this photo book. Together with the accompanying DVD from the State Archive, this book forms a comprehensive documentation of the sheer madness: This was divided Berlin. During the exhibition of these images.