Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: Wall segment with painting by Manfred Butzmann [60/87]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
February 1991
Berlin-Rummelsburg
Created By:
Jean PichardLicense: Not Creative Commons
From the Set
Loading of a Wall segment on the grounds of a former NVA (National People's Army) barracks in Berlin-Rummelsburg where German armed forces stored and sold segments of the Wall during its dismantling; following a donation by the artist Daniel Boulogne, two of these segments are exhibited in the museum "Le Mémorial de Caen" and document the activities of East Berlin graphic designer Manfred Butzmann, who illegally painted the Eastern face of the Berlin Wall
Depicts
animal,
Berlin Wall graffiti (writing),
crane,
graffiti (mural),
litter,
remains of the Wall,
winterart event,
artist,
museum,
trade (commerce)People/Organizations
Butzmann, Manfred,
Federal Defence Force,
National People's ArmyPlaces
Other places (Berlin)Text in image
Has[e] / blei[bt] / Ha[se]
Other items in this set
Almost everyone knows to this day where he or she was on 9 November 1989. The joy at being suddenly granted the freedom to travel, also to West Germany, was immense. Each time a new border crossing was opened, people celebrated. In the same way, the removal of segments of the Wall and of border fence, as well as the reconstruction of roads between East and West became important events. Countless photographs and films taken in Berlin and at the inner-German border document these incidents as they occurred – thus preserving the good fortune of experiencing everything live for the family album.
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