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Road sign, "All will be well with the world"

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 12 1989
Falkenstein border crossing between Probstzella (Gera district, now Thuringia) and Lauenstein (Bavaria)
Created By: Manfred Wagner

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

Border opening in Ludwigsstadt/Probstzella, 12 November 1989

A road sign at the Falkenstein border crossing between Lauenstein, a district of Ludwigstadt in Bavaria and the Thuringian municipal, Probstzella. The border crossing was open to foot traffic on 12 November 1989 and for road vehicles on 13 November 1989. This photo was taken near Falkenstein Rock, hence the name of the border crossing

Depicts

inner German border, man, one person, policeman (FRG), traffic sign

Context

border guard, fair, fall of the Berlin Wall, joy, opening of the border, policeman (FRG), politician, politician (female)

Places

Falkenstein (Thuringia), Falkenstein (Thuringia) border crossing, Lauenstein, Ludwigsstadt, Probstzella

Text in image

Die Welt ist / in Ordnung, wenn / dieses Schild nicht / mehr steht / Hurra

Related

Original Caption

"A Bavarian policeman standing by the famous signpost that says 'All will be well with the world when this signpost has been taken down'."