6 October 1969: looking down on East Berlin's Alexanderplatz from the Fernsehturm (via Bundesarchiv)

Plus the Berlin Wall has had a repaint. So much to see within a lil stretch of Chch space. #Streetart FTW.

Gregory Peck on location in Berlin during production of Night People (1954)

#ArtMoments Keith Haring | 'Berlin Wall Mural' In 1986, the artist painted a 300-meter long piece on the border between East and West Germany. The figures' interlocking hands symbolise the hope for unity.

DDR-Wasserwerfer gegen Pilzköpfe: Die Leipziger Band The Butlers wurde heute vor 57 Jahren verboten – die Beatszene geriet in Rage spiegel.de/einestages/bea… (aus dem SPIEGEL Geschichte-Archiv)

#berlin A relic of the Berlin Wall, GDR Grenzwachturm, a BT-6 tower, situated on Potsdamer Platz, built in 1971. Photographed 11th November 2004. Used to keep watch over both the borders and the ministries. Shooting range went from Brandenburg Gate right up to Berlin’s Tiergarten

Wir haben im Rahmen unserer "Top 10 Berlin"-Reihe 10 historische Gebäude zusammengetragen, die aus dem heutigen #Stadtbild Berlins verschwunden sind. entwicklungsstadt.de/abriss-nach-de…

Sylvester Tonderai Faravadya Daren Snow May I also add to the reading list a book called Forty Autumns by Nina Willner? It is not fiction but is the memoir of a family separated by the Berlin Wall. The comparisons to today are striking. It was fascinating and eye opening. I highly recommend.

. Thomas Hoepker 📸🌼 Children playing on the western side of the Berlin Wall

#coldwar #football Read: How the fall of the #Berlin Wall and the end of East #Germany led to one short and thrilling #Oberliga season - a matter of survival. coldwarrecords.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/the… #soccer #sport #History

Kicken gegen den Kapitalismus: Im Europapokal spielte Bayern München heute vor 49 Jahren gegen Dynamo Dresden. Bei der "Aktion Vorstoß" rotierte der Stasi-Apparat auf Hochtouren. spiegel.de/einestages/eur… (aus dem SPIEGEL Geschichte-Archiv)

BVG-Wartehalle und Kiosk am Breslauer Platz, Berlin, 1920er Jahre.

Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate, 1980's. #Berlin #diemauerthewall Source: Postcard

Henri Cartier-Bresson The Berlin Wall, 1962.#infhear #leoescuchate #HearYourselfBook HearYourselfBook.com

9 Motto 1989/90

Did you know we have a piece of the Berlin Wall in Montreal? It was gifted to us by the city of Berlin in 1992 for Montreal’s 350th anniversary. You can go check it out in the hall of the World Trade Center. ✌️

Anlässlich des Falls der Berliner Mauer freuen wir uns, die Preise für alle Besucher zu senken. Wir erwarten Sie herzlich in unserem Museum. In celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we are pleased to reduce prices for all visitors. We await your arrival.

Robert Capa Berlin. August,1945.