Berlin: the wall

May 11, 2010 16:07

Of course being in Berlin I can't not to visit one of the greatest "masterpieces" of XXth century - the remnants of the wall:



On one side of the Zimmerstrasse is this building - Berlin city council:



On another this - art museum:



For thirty years those houses were separated by the wall:



Small remnants of the wall were left as a monument for the future generations (behind this wall once stood houses in which such infamous organizations as SS and gestapo were located):



Wall was really depressive construction ...



Of course I can't not to visit another remnant of Cold War - remnants of famous Checkpoint Charlie - place which separated two entirely different ways of life - natural and unnatural:



Berlin - the west 2010 :



Berlin - the east 2010:





25 years ago those tables had entirely different meaning:




In August 1961 the world stood here very close to the WWIII. Historical photos remembering today those days. Probably never American and Soviet tanks was so close to each other:





The wall looked in some places as a very impressive line of fortifications:



Only museum now:



Some parts to remember:









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