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I think we mentioned it before: the little town of Zell is proud 'owner' of five coherent blocks of the Berlin wall, according to wikipedia the largest existing cohesive group of blocks outside of Berlin (although we tend to not fully trust that information).
We do not know exactly how the five blocks ended up here, but it must have to do with the adjacent art museum that apparently hosts various sculptures from artists from the former GDR; we did not visit the museum yet, but it is on our bucket list. As part of a group of installations on a meadow the previously deadly wall turns into a piece of art, as a reminder that the will of the people cannot be suppressed forever: at one point the pressure will be released. Germany is so, so lucky that this was the most peaceful revolution in the history of man!
Nice photos! I do think it amazing that the wall came down so peacefully. How large is the section?
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard! I would guess that each piece is about 50 cm wide, so that makes the whole section 2m50 or about 8 FT. I have to measure it one day, I would not be surprised if there was a standardized width for these things, as it was made by Germans!
DeleteVery creative with the photos. Nice and artsy. It is great that you took an object with such a sobering history and turned it into beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brandy! But I fear the camera is better than the photographer :-) Anyway I am glad that the Wall turned into a piece of art, to be found all over the world nowadays!
DeleteInteresting. Very effective place to put the section.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, it works very well in this small park. Difficult to believe though that this is supposed to be the only cohesive 5 element section outside of Berlin
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ReplyDeleteDavid took me to a place in Montreal who had one piece of the "Wall". It was thinner than I imagined. Still hard to imagine a City cut in Half with relatives on either side
bob
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Bob, the Wall itself was not that big indeed, but don't forget there was a death zone around it! So even making it to the Wall was almost impossible and cost many people their lives. The Wall itself was merely the last obstacle before freedom.
DeleteI remember being in college and watching the wall come down with friends of mine. We all had a mutual friend in Berlin at the time (he was an exchange student) and damned if we didn't see a big green "Slippery Rock University" sweatshirt on the wall that day. :)
ReplyDeleteHe never did send me my piece of the wall. LOL
I was a student back then, and I admit I did not believe that this would ever happen. I was born in 1964 when the Wall was already erected, so for me this thing was there forever. And then suddenly it was gone... For once Germans wrote a beautiful page in the history books!
DeleteI was just 11 when the wall came down, At first none of my family and frieds could truly believe that this happened for real. I still remember all the feelings when being first time to Kudamm etc.
DeleteSo, you have a nice piece of history in your town. I had to live close to the "real Wall" for years :-).