Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index East Berlin consisted of the Soviet Sector of Berlin and was part of, and the capital of East Germany. From August 13, 1961 until November 9, 1989 it was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. The East Germans called East Berlin just 'Berlin' or sometimes 'Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR' (Berlin, capital of the GDR). East Berlin comprised the boroughs of Friedrichshain Hellersdorf Hohenschönhausen Köpenick Lichtenberg Marzahn Mitte Pankow Prenzlauer Berg Treptow Weißensee On October 3, 1990 West Germany and East Germany were united, thus formally ending the existence of East Berlin. Berlin Photos 1989-1999 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.