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Wallpecker Rolf Zöllner/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wallpecker

Germany, Berlin, January 11, 1990: Wallpecker at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin-Mitte.

Wallpecker and border guard Rolf Zöllner/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wallpecker and border guard

Germany, Berlin, February 20, 1990: The Wall at Potsdamer Platz, wallpecker and border guard with hammer and chisel, souvenir.

Fall of the Berlin Wall Woodpecker in Berlin, 1989 Regina Schmeken/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Fall of the Berlin Wall Woodpecker in Berlin, 1989

A man hit a hole in the Berlin wall after the opening of the inner German border.

Wallpeckers Manfred Vollmer/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wallpeckers

In the vicinity of the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin citizens break pieces from the Wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

-Mauerspechte- ( wall woodpeckers ). Tennagers knocking stones out of the Berlin wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

-Mauerspechte- ( wall woodpeckers ). Couple is knocking stones out of the Berlin wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

-Mauerspechte- ( wall woodpeckers ). Man is knocking stones out of the Berlin wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

-Mauerspechte- ( wall woodpeckers ). Men knocking stones out of the Berlin wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

-Mauerspechte- ( wall woodpeckers ). Couple is knocking stones out of the Berlin wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

-Mauerspechte- ( wall woodpeckers ). Man is knocking stones out of the Berlin wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

-Mauerspechte- ( wall woodpeckers ). Couple is knocking stones out of the Berlin wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

Mauerspechte ( wall woodpeckers ). Teenager knocking stones out of the Berlin Wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

Mauerspechte ( wall woodpeckers ). Man is knocking stones out of the Berlin Wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

Mauerspechte ( wall woodpeckers ). Couple is knocking stones out of the Berlin Wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

-Mauerspechte- ( wall woodpeckers ). Couple is knocking stones out of the Berlin wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

Mauerspechte ( wall woodpeckers ). Teenager knocking stones out of the Berlin Wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

-Mauerspechte- ( wall woodpeckers ). Couple is knocking stones out of the Berlin wall.

The Berlin Wall at the turning point Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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The Berlin Wall at the turning point

Wall peckers on the western side of the Berlin Wall. Photography from around 1990.

The Berlin Wall at the turning point Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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The Berlin Wall at the turning point

Sale of wall pieces in front of the Berlin Wall in the Zimmerstrasse next to Checkpoint Charlie. Photography from around 1989/1990.

Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall

Sale of painted pieces of wall to passers-by. Photography from around 1989.

Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall

Sale of painted wall pieces to passers-by along the Berlin Wall. Photography from around 1989/1990.

Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall

Wall pecker. Turkish family in Berlin Kreuzberg. Photography from around 1990.

The Berlin Wall at the turning point Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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The Berlin Wall at the turning point

Wall peckers at the West Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, surrounded by a crowd. Photography from around 1990.

Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall

Wall pieces. Sales booth of pickled pieces of wall with colored paintings on a table with GDR flag, behind the table there is a girl. Berlin Kreuzberg, Photography from around 1990.

Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall

Wall-peckers. Turkish family with a stall offering wall pieces with colorful paintings on a table with GDR flag. Berlin Kreuzberg, Photography from around 1990

Wall pecker at the Berlin Wall / Turning point Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wall pecker at the Berlin Wall / Turning point

Wall peckers on the western side of the Berlin Wall. Photographed around 1990.

Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall

Sale of painted wall pieces to passers-by along the Berlin Wall. Photography from around 1989/1990.

The Berlin Wall at the turning point Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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The Berlin Wall at the turning point

Sale of wall pieces in front of the Berlin Wall in the Zimmerstrasse next to Checkpoint Charlie. Photography from around 1989/1990.

Holes in the Berlin Wall Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Holes in the Berlin Wall

Women look through openings in the Berlin Wall. View from West Berlin to East Berlin, GDR. Photograph from 1989.

Opening of the Wall at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Opening of the Wall at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin

Berlin, November 1989: After the opening of the GDR borders to the West (9.11.1989). A young man occupies the Berlin Wall. People clap, take photos, and start pecking pieces from the wall.

Mauerspechte Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte

-Mauerspechte- ( wall woodpeckers ). Couple is knocking stones out of the Berlin wall, in the front: Snackbar sign.

Berliner Mauer, Bauwagen Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Berliner Mauer, Bauwagen

Mauerspechte ( wall woodpecker ) at the berlin wall. In the front: Caravan with Gorbatschow poster.

Mauerspecht mit Grenzsoldaten Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspecht mit Grenzsoldaten

-Mauerspechte- ( wall woodpeckers ): woman is knocking stones out of the Berlin wall. In the Background: GDR border police.

Wall woodpeckers Berlin Wall Ulrich Baumgarten/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wall woodpeckers Berlin Wall

GERMANY, BERLIN, December 1989. Wall woodpeckers knock out pieces of Berlin wall (12.1989).

Opening of the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, 1989 Rolf Zöllner/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Opening of the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, 1989

GDR, Berlin, 22.12.1989. Opening of the Brandenburg Gate (at the Brandenburg Gate, the Wall is opened). Wallpecker ...,

Mauerspecht (wallpecking) Rolf Zöllner/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspecht (wallpecking)

Wallpeckers at the Wall at Brandenburg Gate, Berlin-Mitte, 11.01.1990. GDR,

Durchbrüche in der Berliner Mauer entlang der Bernauer Straße in Berlin snapshot-photography/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Durchbrüche in der Berliner Mauer entlang der Bernauer Straße in Berlin

Durchbrüche in der Berliner Mauer entlang der Bernauer Straße in Berlin zwischen den Bezirken Wedding und Prenzlauer Berg v*Aufnahmedatum geschätzt*, 15.08.1990

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Feature / Symbol: Berlin, Mauer 12/89 hör Berlin im Dezember 1989 Deutschland Einheit deutsche DDR Deutsche Demokratische Republik Hauptstadt geteilt geteilte Stadt Ostberlin Berlin Ost Sozialismus sozialistisch sozialistische Impressionen Impression getrennt gdr germany eastern wall quer ganz draußen Mauerspecht Mauerspechte sw

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Feature / Symbol: Berlin, Mauer 12/89 hör Berlin im Dezember 1989 Deutschland Einheit deutsche DDR Deutsche Demokratische Republik Hauptstadt geteilt geteilte Stadt Ostberlin Berlin Ost Sozialismus sozialistisch sozialistische Impressionen Impression getrennt gdr germany eastern wall quer Grenzer Grenschutz Grenzschutzbeamter VoPo Volkspolizist Volkspolizei Grenzbeamter aufgebrochen Mauerspecht Mauerspechte sw

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Feature / Symbol: Berliner Mauer 03/90 hör Mauerstein-Verkäufer in Berlin im März 1990 Deutschland Einheit deutsche DDR Deutsche Demokratische Republik Bundesrepublik Deutschland BRD Hauptstadt geteilte Stadt Ostberlin Westberlin West Ost Grenze Berlin Ostberlin Westberlin Grenzsperre Grenzsperren Grenzanlage Tourismus Händler Mauerspecht Mauerstücke Mauerstück Handel Andenken Souvenir Souvenirs Mann Männer wall border gdr germany capital city draußen hoch halb stehend lächelnd sw

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Feature / Symbol: Berliner Mauer 03/90 hör Mauerstein-Verkäufer in Berlin im März 1990 Deutschland Einheit deutsche DDR Deutsche Demokratische Republik Bundesrepublik Deutschland BRD Hauptstadt geteilte Stadt Ostberlin Westberlin West Ost Grenze Berlin Ostberlin Westberlin Grenzsperre Grenzsperren Grenzanlage Tourismus Händler Mauerspecht Mauerstücke Mauerstück Handel Andenken Souvenir Souvenirs Mann wall border gdr germany capital city draußen hoch halb stehend lächelnd sw

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Feature / Symbol: Berlin, November 1989 11/89 hör Deutschland Wiedervereinigung Einheit deutsche DDR Deutsche Demokratische Republik Bundesrepublik Deutschland BRD Hauptstadt geteilte Stadt Ostberlin Westberlin West Ost Grenze Grenzübergang ffnung Mauer Berliner Hammer hämmernd klopfend schlagend Mauerspecht Mauerspechte Mauerstück Souvenir Andenken wall border gdr germany capital city reunification draußen quer

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Feature / Symbol: Berlin, November 1989 11/89 hör Deutschland Wiedervereinigung Einheit deutsche DDR Deutsche Demokratische Republik Bundesrepublik Deutschland BRD Hauptstadt geteilte Stadt Ostberlin Westberlin West Ost Grenze Grenzübergang ffnung Mauer Berliner Hammer hämmernd klopfend schlagend Mauerspecht Mauerspechte Mauerstück Souvenir Andenken wall border gdr germany capital city reunification draußen hoch

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Feature / Symbol: Berlin, November 1989 11/89 hör Deutschland Wiedervereinigung Einheit deutsche DDR Deutsche Demokratische Republik Bundesrepublik Deutschland BRD Hauptstadt geteilte Stadt Ostberlin Westberlin West Ost Grenze Grenzübergang ffnung Mauer Berliner Hammer hämmernd klopfend schlagend Mauerspecht Mauerspechte Mauerstück Souvenir Andenken wall border gdr germany capital city reunification draußen quer

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Feature / Symbol: Berlin, November 1989 11/89 hör Deutschland Wiedervereinigung Einheit deutsche DDR Deutsche Demokratische Republik Bundesrepublik Deutschland BRD Hauptstadt geteilte Stadt Ostberlin Westberlin West Ost Grenze Grenzübergang ffnung Mauer Berliner Hammer hämmernd klopfend schlagend Mauerspecht Mauerspechte Mauerstück Souvenir Andenken wall border gdr germany capital city reunification draußen quer

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Feature / Symbol: Berlin, November 1989 11/89 hör Deutschland Wiedervereinigung Einheit deutsche DDR Deutsche Demokratische Republik Bundesrepublik Deutschland BRD Hauptstadt geteilte Stadt Ostberlin Westberlin West Ost Grenze Grenzübergang ffnung Mauer Berliner JOurnalist Kameramann TV Fernsehen Kamera kletternd klettern besteigen besteigend Mauerspecht Mauerspechte wall border gdr germany capital city reunification draußen hoch

Wallpecker at the Brandenburg Gate Rolf Zöllner/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wallpecker at the Brandenburg Gate

Wallpecker at the Brandenburg Gate, Germany, Berlin-Tiergarten, 11.01.1990.

Vernon Walters at Checkpoint Charly Jürgen Heinrich/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Vernon Walters at Checkpoint Charly

DEU, Germany, Berlin, 1990-03-18: Not far from Checkpoint Charlie, US Ambassador Vernon Walters films a video of the Wall being painted by woodpeckers. HF [automated translation]

Pileated woodpeckers Jürgen Heinrich/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Pileated woodpeckers

DEU, Germany, Berlin, 1990-03-18: Wall woodpeckers are tampering with the already crumbling Wall on Kiefholzstrasse between the districts of Neukoelln and Treptow. Two members of the GDR border troops try to capture the action on film. [automated translation]

Mauerspechte an den Resten der Berliner Mauer snapshot-photography/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte an den Resten der Berliner Mauer

Mauerspechte schlagen Stücke aus der Berliner Mauer in der Nähe vom Brandenburger Tor in Berlin. Foto: snapshot-photography/Tobias Seeliger.

Mauerspechte an den Resten der Berliner Mauer snapshot-photography/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte an den Resten der Berliner Mauer

Mauerspechte schlagen Stücke aus der Berliner Mauer. Foto: snapshot-photography/Tobias Seeliger.

Berliner Mauer snapshot-photography/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Berliner Mauer

DDR-Grenzsoldaten bewachen die Überreste der Berliner Mauer zwischen Brandenburger Tor und Reichstag. Foto: snapshot-photography/Tobias Seeliger.

Berliner Mauer snapshot-photography/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Berliner Mauer

DDR-Grenzsoldaten bewachen die Überreste der Berliner Mauer zwischen Brandenburger Tor und Reichstag. Foto: snapshot-photography/Tobias Seeliger.

A wall pecker Jose Giribas/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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A wall pecker

Germany, Berlin, 09.12.1989. A Mauerspecht (wall pecker) at the Wall near the Branderburg Gate on 09.12.1989.

Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 Jose Giribas/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989

The first parts of the wall are demolished by citizens near the Brandenburg Gate, around midnight between 09 and 10.11.1989.

Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 Jose Giribas/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989

The first parts of the wall are demolished by citizens near the Brandenburg Gate, around midnight between 09 and 10.11.1989.

Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 Jose Giribas/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989

The first parts of the wall are demolished by citizens near the Brandenburg Gate, around midnight between 09 and 10.11.1989.

Berlin Wall woodpecker, 1989 Jose Giribas/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Berlin Wall woodpecker, 1989

Wallpecker near the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin Mitte on 25.11.1989. A man tries to beat small pieces out of the wall using a hammer.

Berlin Wall woodpecker, 1989 Jose Giribas/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Berlin Wall woodpecker, 1989

Wallpecker near the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin Mitte on 25.11.1989. A man tries to beat small pieces out of the wall using a hammer.

Demolition of the Wall, 1990 Siegfried Kachel/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Demolition of the Wall, 1990

The National People's Army demolishing the wall at Potsdamer Platz.

Demolition of the Wall, 1990 Siegfried Kachel/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Demolition of the Wall, 1990

The National People's Army demolishing the wall at Potsdamer Platz.

Demolition of the Wall, 1990 Siegfried Kachel/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Demolition of the Wall, 1990

East Berliners working at remnants of the Wall.

Withdrawal of the Soviet Army and souvenir sale at the Brandenburg Gate 1991 Foto Ferdi Hartung/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Withdrawal of the Soviet Army and souvenir sale at the Brandenburg Gate 1991

Russian soldiers sell caps, medals and other items before leaving the former GDR, here at the Brandenburg Gate. [automated translation]

Opening of the Wall: Souvenir and wall peckers Sven Simon/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Opening of the Wall: Souvenir and wall peckers

Opening of the Wall: Souvenir and wall peckers, Berlin,, Germany

Souvenir shop at Checkpoint Charlie 1990 amw/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Souvenir shop at Checkpoint Charlie 1990

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, souvenir dealers extended their offer to disused decorations and party badges of the GDR.

Wallpeckers, 1989 amw/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wallpeckers, 1989

After the fall of the Berlin Wall a man tries to break pieces from the wall as souvenir with hammer and chisel.

Wall opening from the Brandenburg Gate in 1989 Teutopress/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wall opening from the Brandenburg Gate in 1989

View of the crowd presumably on the day of the opening of the Brandenburg Gate in front of and on the Berlin Wall.

Souvenir shop at Checkpoint Charlie 1990 Gesche M. Cordes/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Souvenir shop at Checkpoint Charlie 1990

A Turkish woman sells coins, car signs, medals and postcards of the GDR as a souvenir at the former Checkpoint Charlie. Above a lettering of the "Neue Zeit", the East-German party newspaper of the CDU.

The Berlin Wall after the wallpeckers, 1990 Joachim Haupt/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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The Berlin Wall after the wallpeckers, 1990

View of a part of the Berlin Wall behind the Reichstag building, where wall-peckers have been busy.

Wallpecker, 1989 Joachim Haupt/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wallpecker, 1989

Between Brandenburg Gate and Potsdamer Platz, a man liberates fragments of the Berlin Wall with hammer and chisel as a souvenir after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Young wall-pecker, 1989 Joachim Haupt/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Young wall-pecker, 1989

A young girl with a hammer tries to break off pieces from the Berlin Wall as souvenir after the fall of the Wall.

Souvenir trade at the Berlin Wall 1990 Joachim Haupt/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Souvenir trade at the Berlin Wall 1990

A traveling salesman sells pieces of the Berlin Wall and souvenirs from the GDR at the Berlin Wall.

Wall woodpeckers, 1990 Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wall woodpeckers, 1990

Two men break pieces from the Berlin Wall with a hammer and a chisel as souvenirs.

Wallpeckers in Kreuzberg, 1989/90 Rudolf Dietrich/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wallpeckers in Kreuzberg, 1989/90

Undated photo of a man, who knocks out fragments of the Berlin Wall with a hammer and a chisel while standing on a ladder supported by a woman. Below, several wall pieces in a cart.

Wall opening in December 1989 Teutopress/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wall opening in December 1989

West Berlin and East German border guards look through a hole in the Wall.

A section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 1989 Joachim Haupt/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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A section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 1989

A section of the Berlin Wall on Potsdamer Platz with graffiti and inscriptions as well as traces of wall-peckers.

A section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 1989 Joachim Haupt/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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A section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 1989

A section of the Berlin Wall on Potsdamer Platz with graffiti and inscriptions as well as traces of wall-peckers.

Sector border sign and wall with graffiti in Berlin, 1989 Joachim Haupt/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Sector border sign and wall with graffiti in Berlin, 1989

A section of the Berlin Wall altered by wall-peckers and graffti four weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Painted section of the Berlin Wall, 1990 Lothar M. Peter/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Painted section of the Berlin Wall, 1990

Young wall woodpeckers on a remnant of the Berlin Wall painted with graffiti and slogans.

Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989 Regina Schmeken/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989

Border guards observe a wall picker.

The Fall of the Wall, Berlin Wall, 1989 Regina Schmeken/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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The Fall of the Wall, Berlin Wall, 1989

The Fall of the Wall, border guards watching a wallpecker.

Wallpeckers, 1989 Werek/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wallpeckers, 1989

Young Berliner break pieces from the wall.

People on the Berlin Wall, 1989 amw/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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People on the Berlin Wall, 1989

Berliners sit on the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate with a hammer, a chisel and the flag of Germany.

Mauerspechte auf der Berliner Mauer, 1989 Sven Simon/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Mauerspechte auf der Berliner Mauer, 1989

Am 09.11.89 sitzen und stehen vorwiegend junge Männer auf der Mauer. Zwei Männer schlagen auf die Mauer mit einem Hammer ein ("Mauerspechte").

Opening of the Wall, 1989 photothek.net/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Opening of the Wall, 1989

Souvenir- hunter at the Fall of the Wall on 09.11.1989 in Berlin.

Maueröffnung 1989 Sven Simon/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Maueröffnung 1989

Souvenirjäger in Berlin-Steglitz am 9.11.1989

American officer of the Berlin Brigade knocks pieces out of the Berlin Wall Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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American officer of the Berlin Brigade knocks pieces out of the Berlin Wall

An American officer of the Berlin Brigade knocks pieces out of the Berlin Wall near the border border crossing "Checkpoint Charlie" with a hammer and a chisel. Thousands of souvenir hunters started dismantling the Wall in November, 1989.

Wallpeckers punched a hole in the Berlin Wall Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wallpeckers punched a hole in the Berlin Wall

The work of the so-called "wallpeckers" shows signs of first success. In this way, tourists are able to gain direct insight into the former restricted area. The photo was taken near the Reichstag building.

Demolition of the Berlin Wall Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Demolition of the Berlin Wall

In July 1990 began the systematic and complete dismantling of the border installations in Berlin. Even the younger residents provide themselves with authentic wall souvenirs in the former restricted area in the Bernauer Strasse in the district of Wedding.

Berliners look through a hole in the Wall Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Berliners look through a hole in the Wall

The work of the so-called "wall-peckers" shows the first successes. The Berliners and tourists thus get a direct insight into the former restricted area. The picture was taken at Potsdamer Platz

Wall-peckers at the Berlin Wall Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Wall-peckers at the Berlin Wall

The work of the so-called "wall-peckers" shows the first successes. The once insurmountable wall erodes visibly. The picture was taken at Potsdamer Platz

Sun-hungry Berliners in the former restricted area of ??the Berlin Wall Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Sun-hungry Berliners in the former restricted area of ??the Berlin Wall

The former border security facilities such as watchtowers and restricted areas are becoming increasingly a popular destination for Berliners from East and West. The picture shows the area at the Jahn Sportstadion in the district of Prenzlauer Berg

Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work

In July 1990 began the systematic and complete dismantling of the border installations in Berlin. Residents and tourists provide themselves with authentic Wall souvenirs in the former restricted area on the Bernauer Strasse in the district of Wedding.

Berliners observe the demolition of the Wall Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Berliners observe the demolition of the Wall

In July 1990 began the systematic and complete dismantling of the border installations in Berlin. The Berliners follow the progress of the demolition work with great attention and curiosity. The former restricted area is becoming a favorite place of residence for many people these days.

Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work

In July 1990 began the systematic and complete dismantling of the border installations in Berlin. The Berliners follow the progress of the demolition work with great attention and curiosity. The former restricted area is becoming a favorite place of residence for many people these days. The picture shows the former restricted area on Bernauer Strasse in the district of Wedding.

Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work

In July 1990 began the systematic and complete dismantling of the border installations in Berlin. The Berliners follow the progress of the demolition work with great attention and curiosity. The former restricted area is becoming a favorite place of residence for many people these days. The picture shows the former restricted area on Bernauer Strasse in the district of Wedding.

Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work

In July 1990 began the systematic and complete dismantling of the border installations in Berlin. Residents and tourists provide themselves with authentic Wall souvenirs in the former restricted area on the Bernauer Strasse in the district of Wedding.

Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work

In July 1990 began the systematic and complete dismantling of the border installations in Berlin. The Berliners follow the progress of the demolition work with great attention and curiosity. The former restricted area is becoming a favorite place of residence for many people these days. The picture shows the former restricted area on Bernauer Strasse in the district of Wedding.

Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work Hans-Peter Stiebing/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Demolition of the Wall - wall-peckers at work

In July 1990 began the systematic and complete dismantling of the border installations in Berlin. Residents and tourists in the former restricted area on the Bernauer Strasse in the district of Wedding provide themselves with authentic Wall souvenirs.

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