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Bits of Wall for sale and tools for hire

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 1 - December 31 1989
Berlin, Potsdamer Platz
Created By: Jürgen Kronenberg

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

Exhibition theme: The Border Opens

Depicts

cigarette, group of people, hammer, piece of the Wall, souvenir, souvenir trade

Places

Potsdamer Platz

Text in image

Red Cedar [2x]

Dortmunder / [Ha]nsa

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Original Caption

"Goings-on are friendly and relaxed at the Wall during these weeks. Although prohibited, no one can resist carving out pieces of the Wall. Dealers sell fragments or hire out hammers. Even a medical centre initiative is doing this so as to raise money for medicines in the GDR."