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These photographs, taken by Richard Schade at the Berlin Wall upon his visits in 1964 and 1989, document his experience of the Wall. He has assembled the photographs to create a pictorial narrative that creates the experience of a stroll along the Wall. The titles accompanying the images are the captions Dr. Schade wrote for the photographs.

Creator

• Bauman, Emily

License

• All rights reserved

Submitter

Emily Bauman

College

• Arts and Sciences

Department

• German Studies Students

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• Along the Wall: Photographs at the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989

Items

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	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)	11/10/2015	Open Access
	8) Hammers and chisels were for rent along the Wall. Words of encouragement read “Beeilt Euch bevor SIE weg ist” / Hurry up before it is gone. (1989)	11/10/2015	Open Access
	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)	11/10/2015	Open Access
	9) Chunks of the Wall became souvenirs, and an American from “Walla-Walla” gave voice to wordplay. (1989)	11/10/2015	Open Access
	7) A more subtle statement -- “Sieh !” / Take a look ! -- encourages a peek through a chink in the Wall. (1989)	11/10/2015	Open Access
	5) A view over the Wall just beyond the sign makes clear just how impassable the Wall was. (1964)	11/10/2015	Open Access
	4) The irony of the sign located immediately in front of the impassable Wall is palpable. (1964)	11/10/2015	Open Access
	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)	11/10/2015	Open Access
	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)	11/10/2015	Open Access
	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)	11/10/2015	Open Access