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A reunion with friends from the GDR on the Glienicke Bridge, December 1989: On Glienicke Bridge [2/3]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

December 1989
Potsdam, Glienicke Bridge
Created By: Dagmar Lipper

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

Exhibition theme: Encounters and Explorations

Friends of the photographer on the West side of Glienicke Bridge, that was once again open to people from the GDR for the first time since 1961. It was opened on 10 November 1989. A Potsdam place-sign is in the background on the right

Depicts

coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic, group of people, traffic sign

Context

castle, Christian Church, Christmas, father, freedom of travel, friend, priest, visit, youth

Places

Glienicke Bridge, Glienicke Bridge border crossing

Text in image

Deutsche Demokratische Republik / Potsdam

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Memory

"Katrin and Jürgen are friends of mine from the GDR. We became friends through my father, who is a pastor. The parishes of Berlin-Weißensee and Dortmund-Eichlinghofen were partner communities. Which was why, on my first visit to Berlin, I got to know the pastor and other families from the community, as well as learned about the problems facing the Protestant church in the East. Katrin grew up in Weißensee and we had been pen pals since the 1970s. As soon as travel restrictions were eased in the summer of 1989, we began visiting them more often. On 13 August 1989 (the anniversary of the construction of the Wall), we stood together at Schloss Babelsberg and looked towards the West. Katrin suggested that we might be able to see each other at Christmas. At the time, that seemed so unlikely to me, yet it became reality in a way nobody had expected."

Dagmar Lipper (West Berlin)