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German Unity Day, Berlin, 3 October 1990: Wall art by Muriel Raoux and Kani Alavi [12/23]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

October 1990
Berlin, Mühlenstraße
Created By: Dagmar Lipper

License: Creative Commons License

Untitled Wall art by Muriel Raoux and Kani Alavi (chairman of the artists' initiative East Side Gallery e.V.) at the 1.3km long East Side Gallery in Berlin-Friedrichshain

Depicts

East-Side Gallery, graffiti (mural), quotation

Context

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

Places

East-Side Gallery, Red Town Hall, Reichstag building

Text in image

Viele kleine Leute die in vielen / kleinen Orten viele kleine Dinge / tun können das Gesicht der Welt / verändern / Many small people who in / many small places do many small things / that can alter the face of the world / Afrikanisch Weisheit

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Memory

"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)