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Memorial site, "White Crosses"

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

March 19 1990
Berlin, Reichstag/Spreeufer
Created By: Sigrid Marotz

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

Ein Jahr deutscher Geschichte 1989-1990. Eine Dokumentation in Wort und Bild von Sigrid Marotz

Pedestrians at the memorial site, "Weiße Kreuze" ("White Crosses") privately organized by a Berlin citizen's association to commemorate the fatalities of the Wall; see also Berlin.de: "Weisse Kreuze" memorial/German Bundestag, retrieved on May 18, 2009

Depicts

Berlin Wall (West), cross, fence, flower bouquet, group of people, memorial place

Context

victim of the Berlin Wall

Places

Reichstag building, White Crosses

Text in image

Axel Hannemann / 5.6.1962

Klaus Schröter / 4.11.1963

Unbekannt / 16.4.1963

Related

Original Caption

"Unbelievable! 16 million people lived behind these bars, and 78 people lost their lives while trying to escape over the Wall."