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"Wallpeckers", November 1989: Berlin Wall graffiti, "Two Germanies" [20/47]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 15 - 20 1989
Berlin
Created By: Jürgen Lottenburger

License: Creative Commons License

"Zwei Deutschländer sind mehr als eins!" ("Two Germanies are more than one!"). A colorful section of the Wall decorated with pieces of broken mirror and a slogan

Depicts

art, Berlin Wall (West), Berlin Wall graffiti (writing), graffiti (mural), piece of the Wall

Context

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

Places

Other places (Berlin)

Text in image

Riß in der Optik

Zwei Deutschländer / sind mehr als eins!

Wall / Str[...] / Musehum für [...]

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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)