"Wallpeckers", November 1989: T-Shirts with designs commemorating the Fall of the Wall [16/47]

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9.11.'89 / Gorbatshow / Man / Danke!

You are leaving / the American sector / вы выезжаете их / американского сектора / Vous sortez / du secteur americain / Sie verlassen den amerikanischen Sektor

Remember / Fall of the Wall / 9.11.1989

Deutschland / einig / Vaterland

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"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)

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