Ronald Reagan

Our exhibit on the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, shows him as a politician and person. The name „Reagan“ stands for freedom and democracy.

On 11 June 1982 Ronald Reagan visited Checkpoint Charlie in the company of incumbent Mayor of Berlin Richard von Weizsäcker and Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. He stood thoughtfully at the white border line and made the critical step across it, where large numbers of people’s police officers from the Socialist Unity Party’s border division were stationed. For the free Western world, this step went down in history as a message of freedom.

With this step over the line drawn by the GDR regime, the white border line (the original of which is on display in our museum), Reagan began to write world history.

Our exhibit shows a video installation of his entire speech from 1987 in front of the Brandenburg Gate with his famous words, „… tear down this wall…“, 27 wall charts with Ronald Reagan’s biography and information about his life and policies, as well as many original items such as Ronald Reagan’s chainsaw that he used on his ranch, his hat, and his riding boots.