Holes in the Wall

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December 1989
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Created By: Dagmar Lipper

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The demolished and chiseled West side of the Berlin Wall

Depicts

barrier grid, Berlin Wall (West), Berlin Wall graffiti (writing), chisel traces, Wall graffiti, Wall hole

Places

Brandenburg Gate

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Lieber Hammer + Meißel als Hamer und Zirk[el]

9.11.1989

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Original Caption

"It didn't take long for the "Wallpeckers" to lay into the curved Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. No one respected the bulwark anymore. Even children with little chisels seemed to have no difficulty challenging its strength."

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