Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, Memorial site and museum on Bernauer Straße in Berlin, Germany

The Berlin Wall Memorial runs along Bernauer Straße and includes a 70-metre section of the border fortifications as they stood at the fall of the Wall, with an L-shaped concrete wall, sand strip, patrol road, signal fence and rear wall. A reconstructed watchtower stands within the complex, which is closed at both ends by steel walls. Across the street are the Documentation Centre and the oval Chapel of Reconciliation.

The memorial traces its origins to a 1994 ideas competition held by the German Historical Museum on behalf of the federal government, won by architects Kohlhoff & Kohlhoff. The outdoor site was created in 1998 by the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Berlin, with construction costs of 2.2 million Marks borne by the federal government. On 11 September 2008 the Berlin House of Representatives resolved to merge the memorial with the Marienfelde emergency reception centre under the Berlin Wall Foundation. The grounds were extended in stages, and the final section of the outdoor exhibition opened on 9 November 2014.

The site presents personal stories from people who lived through Berlin's division and whose lives were shaped by the wall's presence. These accounts reveal how the barrier changed daily life for residents on both sides of the city.

The site is accessible daily with free access to outdoor exhibitions and walking paths. The Documentation Centre has limited opening hours and may require separate admission.

Visitors can see the excavated foundations of apartment buildings whose outer walls were incorporated directly into the border during the division. These visible remains show in an unusual way how the barrier was woven into the city's structure.