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"Wallpeckers", November 1989: "Mauerspechte" (Berlin Wall "woodpeckers") [5/47]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 1989
Berlin, near the Reichstag building
Created By: Jürgen Lottenburger

License: Creative Commons License

Depicts

age, Berlin Wall (West), Berlin Wall woodpecker, chisel, chisel traces, group of people, hammer, Wall graffiti

Context

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

Places

Reichstag building

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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)