What if Instagram had been around in 1989? We started with this question - 30 years after the end of the German-German division, in 2019. We wanted to try an experiment that was unique on the German market: make history come alive on Instagram; for people who only know the fall of the wall from history books.Instead of news, the Tagesschau-Stories featured the diary of 17-year-old girl Nora Sommerfeld for three weeks, who vlogs from her everyday life in Rostock, GDR. She talks about love, punk and fear of the future - about a world around her that is undergoing radical change.

 On Snapchat, the Tagesschau offered the fall of the Berlin Wall as a visual augmented reality experience in Berlin. For the first time on German markets, Tagesschau used the Landmarker Lens technology. For Snapchat users who photographed or filmed the Brandenburg Gate with the "Throwback89"-lens in the beginning of November 2019 they could see its transformation: It was built with pieces of wall and barbed wire. Users were able to tear down the wall with their fingertips on the smartphone - and could then gain an impression of the festive atmosphere in the days around November 9, 1989 at Pariser Platz.