Rückblick

Die Januarsitzung des Vorstands der Historischen Kommission findet am 24. Januar 2025 um 14 Uhr im Vortragssaal des Mittelhofs in Berlin-Nikolassee statt.

The red and yellow trains of the Berlin S-Bahn are an iconic part of today’s cityscape of the German capital. However, during the Cold War and the division of Berlin the railway systems themselves were divided between East and West while at the same time also transcending the borders within the city. It therefore played a critical role in the construction of space, the establishment of the two politically and culturally opposed halves of the city and future urban planning in Berlin.

In this podcast, Hannah Siegrist, who received the HiKo_21 - Young Scientists Award for her project in 2024, illustrates how in the so-called ‚Space Wars‘ the Berlin railway infrastructure became one of the…