German terms with the past... by JuliSonne
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The Berlin Wall - a symbol of German history - known worldwide as the "Iron Curtain" during the Cold War between Eastern and Western Europe. Germany was divided, Berlin was the Divided City. After the reunification is the Berlin Wall the East Side Gallery has become. The East Side Gallery is a section of the wall near the Oberbaumbrücke that was painted after the fall of nearly 120 artists to 1.3 kilometers in length. She is regarded as the longest open-air gallery of the world and .... is MONUMENTAL! This part - the former death strip - is to real estate sharks been sold for 7 million (!!). What a shame! Here soon to luxury apartments, a hotel and a bridge will be built Spree! And partially dismantled of the wall is to be built at another location. The people had info only last week about the plans. On Friday, 1 March, the first wall portion has been removed. Protesters forced a stop construction until the weekend. Sunday was a big demonstration on the Wall. In this demonstration was attended by around 6,000 people and expressed what they think of the plans. The history must be preserved in original locations and protected! I was also on this demo because I also offer this money bags forehead. I am against this falsification of history, have signed the petition and I go to the vigil until those plans are off the table.
The demonstration has now a construction freeze until 18 March obtained. And it will look for other alternatives.
Based on the statement of Walter Ulbricht "No one has the intention of building a wall" (1961) it is now called: "No one has the intend to build luxury apartments" (german people, 2013)
Here is a link to the latest happenings around the Berlin Wall.
http://www.change.org/de/Petitionen/herr-wowereit-east-side-gallery-retten-keine-luxuswohnbebauung-auf-dem-ehemaligen-todesstreifen
Comments (25)
JuliSonne
Rendero is not a political platform .... but as you know, I love my city, so I had to write about it and document it. The Wall must remain as a memorial ...
Leije
I agree, what's a shame! the wall must remain a witness of the cold war ! excellent collage of your shots !
magnus073
Juli, ist dies eine wunderbare Collage. Du bist Galerie ist eine Freude für mich
Jean_C
I agree with you too! This wall is part of the history of Europe, it must be preserved! Wonderful captures and collage!
byteline
Und die Berichterstattung in unseren Medien war wieder "überwältigend". Schlimm und sch... Deiner Aussage kann ich nur zustimmen. Wer die Zeit erlebt hat, kennt die Hintergründe. Danke für die Collage.
flavia49
fantastic collage!! You're right "The Wall must remain as memorial"! All my support.
AZBO
They create thing's that eventually make bad history and then try to hide it and make it go away...
miwi
Beautiful collage,excellent done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bebopdlx
The "Wall" should stay where it is !!! Nice photo work.
Valeriya
Yes ..... intesnye shots!
Cyve
Great creation!!!
sandra46
excellent work!
Faemike55
Politics or not! you are right to bring this to the attention of the world! What heartless and thoughtless idiots were they who thought they could just tear down a piece of history just to build some condos?
wysiwig
Ah, but my dear Sonja, you forget the motto of the corporate bosses that run our world, "Anything for money." Besides, what better irony and proof of how the world is now than to build luxury homes for the wealthy on the same ground where so many died trying to escape to freedom. Do you think Auschwitz is available? Ah, aber mein lieber Sonja, vergisst man das Motto der Konzernchefs, die unsere Welt laufen, "Etwas für Geld." Außerdem, was besser Ironie und Beweis dafür, wie die Welt ist jetzt als Luxus-Wohnungen für die Reichen auf dem gleichen Boden, wo so viele starben bei dem Versuch die Freiheit zu entkommen bauen. Glauben Sie, dass Auschwitz steht zur Verfügung?
Razor42
Very interesting work, strange how developers never seem to respect peoples feeling until they chain themselves to bull dozers.
brewgirlca
Good on you and the people of Berlin and Germany for standing up and protesting this loss of history. No matter how ugly the walls history, it is wrong to destroy human history so that fat cat capatalists can make a nice profit. In North America we are such dodos it is unlikely we would mount such a protest.
renecyberdoc
ja absolut finger weg.die geier kreisen immer und uberall.
gaius
I totally share your point...don't let them make money there !
whaleman
You have made an excellent collage! But it is the eternal conflict between the past and renewal. If every site of heartbreak, death and destruction were to be kept there would be few places in the country left to build on. I think there are enough reminders of the aftermath of WWII and the Cold War already. It is obvious that few politicians learn from the past anyway. My view is to allow development that may create hope and brightness for the future rather than maintain a reminder of a depressing past. That's my view anyway, speaking as an outsider to your city.
jocko500
wonderful they doing this
pokeydots
Excellent collage!
dochtersions
Du schreibst hier richtig Geschichte, liebe Jüllchen! A wonderful dokümentiertes collage, und 'mein Punkt' hasst du! Ich stimme vollkommen mit dir überein. A great job you did with this! , your 'Morgenstern':) (und Morgen scheinen die Sternen erst richtig gut,...... für dich bestimmt! Toll, oder?)
Domi48
I heard about that in France. I habe die Mauer in 1986 gesehen und (brrrrr), dann in 1991 oder später was von ihr bleibt. Mann soll sie mit der Gemälden halten. Das ist Geschichte. Sorry for my german!
MagikUnicorn
Wonderful collage :)
tennesseecowgirl
I hadn't heard of this thanks for sharing. I have seen a part of the wall when I visited the Reagan Library I have a photo of it here in my gallery.. I hope they will listen to the people and not the wallets.