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"Wallpeckers", November 1989: On and at the Wall [44/47]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

January 1990
Berlin, near Brandenburg Gate
Created By: Jürgen Lottenburger

License: Creative Commons License

People on and at the partially demolished Wall; a man selling souvenir photos in the foreground

Depicts

barrier grid, Berlin Wall (West), chisel traces, group of people, mural crown, photography, souvenir, souvenir trade, Wall graffiti

Context

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

Places

Brandenburg Gate

Text in image

In the nam[e] of the pe[o]ple

Wie war wie [...]

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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)