lenincuadra

What a difference a Wall makes! I passed through CheckPoint Charlie back when you had to to reach the other side. West Berlin, boisterous, active, cars packed the KuDamm at 1AM. Passing through the Graffiti west side to the east, a difference of well, East & West. A zone of dead buildings near the Wall, so you wouldn't use those to jump over the wall or burrow under. You had to exchange 25 Marks and you had to spend it, no taking any money back, and nothing to spend it on! No picture taking of 'official buildings.' Maybe 6 smoky Trabants buzzed from one traffic light to the next. This book is a collection of glossy photos mixed with pithy quotes regarding freedom and walls, divided into the phases, 'up against the wall', 'off the wall' etc. Ironically John Lennon's 'Imagine' is quoted, which is the Communist Manifesto put to music, just the ideology that build the Wall. And! the book came with your own authenticated hunk of the Wall!

2022-10-21 05:38