DDR-Memorial - Regenerated on the former Berlin border strip
Wheat at a historical site: At the former Berlin border strip near the Chapel of Reconciliation, a farmer harvested rye for bread. The 2,000 square meter wheat field at the border between the neighborhoods of Wedding and Mitte, according to the Foundation Berlin Wall, belongs to the eponymous memorial site and has been harvested for the 19th time this year.
As in previous years, the milled rye will be used for various projects. A part of it should be baked into what is called a peace bread, the Foundation added. According to this, wheat from eleven European countries will be used, whose seed comes from Bernauer Strasse.
An accompanying photo exhibition by the artist Michael Spengler reportedly shows the entire history of the wheat field, which reaches back to the 1990s. Residents of East Berlin sowed lupins back then to give life to the once deadly border strip. Since the year 2006, Humboldt-University Berlin has been cultivating the field and engaging in various research projects on its territory.
- The peace bread being made from the harvested rye includes wheat from eleven countries, all of whose grain origins trace back to Bernauer Strasse.
- The Chapel of Reconciliation, located near the former Berlin border strip, is part of a larger memorial site that also includes a 2,000 square meter wheat field.
- Berlin Wall Foundation mentioned that the wheat field, situated between the neighborhoods of Wedding and Mitte, has been harvested for bread 19 times in its history.
- The wheat field in Bernauer Strasse, which was once a deadly border strip, was transformed into a life-giving space by East Berlin residents who sowed lupins in the 1990s.
- Humboldt-University Berlin has been cultivating the wheat field since 2006, carrying out various research projects on its territory while contributing to its historical significance.
