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Witness History: Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap the Reichstag

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Wrapping the Reichstag

12/06/2019 GMT

Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap the Reichstag

BBC World Service - Witness History, Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap the Reichstag

How a huge public art project entranced post-Cold War Berlin

In June 1995 artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin in fabric. 

The former German parliament building sat on the border between East and West Berlin. It had been gutted by fire in 1933 and extensively damaged during the Second World War.

The monumental public art project was seen by more than five million people and became a symbol for Berlin’s renewal after the fall of the Wall and the collapse of communism.

Christo talks about the motivation behind the project and explains how they made it happen.

Picture: view of west and south facades of Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin 1971-1995 by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Photo by Wolfgang Volz, copyright Christo.

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