Mauerfall Berlin - The fall of the wall
Twenty years ago today, the function of Berlin Wall ended. I post this modest commemoration using pictures that I took in Berlin when I visited the city in February 2005. You can see more about this event on the blog of Entartete Musik.
A remnant of the Berlin Wall as it stands today, now a national monument
Graffiti artists risked their lives painting the wall. The graffiti are now preserved as a cultural heritage.
Check-point Charlie. The border post hut is a replica, the original was destroyed
Reichstag (German Government building)
Brandenburger Tor from the Reichstag
Brandenburger Tor looking resplendent, floodlit after restoration in 2005
posted by Maalie at 12:56 pm
9 Comments:
I happened to be in Warsaw, Poland on this day, 20 years ago. I will never forget the electricity of euphoria in the air.
Jenny visited Berlin just after the wall came down and she has a bit of it as a souvenir.
hey mate- where the heck are you? one minute i thinkyou are in Vienna, then Berlin, then you are having a beer with Worzel... man you get around.!!
"The border post hut is a replica"
I wonder if that was the one in the film: "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold", with Richard Burton?
Nice post. Nice to commemorate such a great day, and immense achievement.
Simon: I, too, ask myself the same question. It is impossible to visit our Maalie at his home.
Simon and May: you have to pin him down and force the information out of him. "When are you going to be home".
...or invite him round to yours for a slap up meal, a few beers and a dram - that seems to work... keeping one of his grandchildren hostage helps too...
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Thank you for the tips!
How their lives have change. These pics were a great reminder of that historic day.
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