6) Spray-can graffiti covered the West Berlin side of the Wall. Here the message is clear, and it reinforces the first holes chipped in the Wall. (1989)
3) It was by way of Allied Checkpoint Charlie -- under the watchful eye of the guard tower -- that travelers entered East Berlin on foot or by vehicle. (1964)
6) Spray-can graffiti covered the West Berlin side of the Wall. Here the message is clear, and it reinforces the first holes chipped in the Wall. (1989)
10) Crossing through the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie became a mere formality, as the graffiti slogan exults, and even Mickey seems to say “Willkommen” / Welcome. (1989)
13) The last victim, shot just months prior to the Fall of the Wall, is memorialized by his date of death in February 1989 as an “Opfer der Honecker-Diktatur” / Victim of the Honecker Dictatorship. (1989)
14) The Fall of the Wall is memorialized by the scribbled renaming of the “Street of the 17th of June,” the date of the East Berlin Workers Revolt against the regime in 1953. (1989)
16) The Brandenburg Gate remained behind the Wall, still flying red banners and guarded by but a single East Berlin policeman atop the structure. (1989)
