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"Wallpeckers", November 1989: Hole in the Wall [6/47]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 1989
Berlin, between Reichstag and Potsdamer Platz
Created By: Jürgen Lottenburger

License: Creative Commons License

Depicts

Berlin Wall (West), chisel traces, Wall graffiti, Wall hole

Context

Berlin Wall, Berlin Wall woodpecker, border guard, chisel, hammer, piece of the Wall, souvenir

Places

Other places (Berlin)

Text in image

1989

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Memory

"Not long after the fall of the Wall, people hacked into the hated construction (in particular, the colourful Western side) with a hammer and chisel so that they could have some original pieces of the Wall as souvenirs. It didn't take long for the bulwark to resemble a piece of Swiss cheese. However, I also watched GDR border patrols confiscate the so-called 'Wallpecker' tools; they were evidently still struggling to see the harmlessness of it all."

Jürgen Lottenburger (West Berlin)