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"Wallpeckers", November 1989: The Wall at Brandenburg Gate [41/47]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

January 1990
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Created By: Jürgen Lottenburger

License: Creative Commons License

People on and around the Berlin Wall; the Brandenburg Gate in the background

Depicts

barrier grid, Berlin Wall (West), Berlin Wall graffiti (writing), chisel traces, group of people, Wall hole

Context

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

Places

Brandenburg Gate

Text in image

Lieber Hammer und Meißel als Hammer und Zirkel

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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)