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"Wallpeckers", November 1989: "Mauerspechte" (Berlin Wall "woodpeckers") [32/47]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 15 - December 15 1989
Berlin, near the Reichstag building
Created By: Jürgen Lottenburger

License: Creative Commons License

"Mauerspechte" (Berlin Wall "woodpeckers") at work on the already pockmarked Wall; a border patrolman observes their progress

Depicts

Berlin Wall (West), Berlin Wall woodpecker, border guard, chisel, chisel traces, group of people, hammer, mural crown, Wall graffiti

Context

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

Places

Reichstag building

Text in image

31.08.1985

Peter

Jogibä[r]

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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)