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German Unity Day, Berlin, 3 October 1990: Wall art, "It happened in November" [4/23]

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October 1990
Berlin, Mühlenstraße
Created By: Dagmar Lipper

License: Creative Commons License

Wall art mural, "Es geschah im November" ("It happened in Nvember") by Kani Alavi (chairman of the artists' initiative East Side Gallery e.V.) at ther 1.3km long East Side Gallery in Berlin-Friedrichshain

Depicts

crowd, East-Side Gallery, graffiti (mural)

Context

3 October, farewell, friend, public holiday, scepticism, unemployment

Places

East-Side Gallery, Red Town Hall, Reichstag building

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"On this very first German Unity Day, we went and looked at various sites of historical importance, such as the Reichstag and the Rotes Rathaus [Berlin’s town hall], and – in complete contrast - the East Side Gallery [a stretch of the Wall covered by paintings] in Friedrichshain. Not everyone was in the mood for celebrating that day. Friends of ours from East Germany were in the process of saying a final goodbye to their state. And we were not so sure, either, whether this was really a holiday to celebrate, because we suspected that unification would not be easy, as so many jobs were disappearing in the East."

Dagmar Lipper (West-Berlin)

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This painting is presently covered by scaffolding... Is it being repaired or replaced??? I hope it's not the latter, as it's my favourite painting in the whole East Side Gallery! (TF, visitor from New Zealand)
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