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This lady is walking just in front of the Brandenburg Gate, beyond the sign "You are leaving West Berlin". |
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A woman is waiting for a bus that runs along the Wall some hundreds meters. It is not often that the Wall can be watched from a running bus. (Bernauer St., Wedding) |
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"99 Red balloons" West Berlin citizens fly balloons into the eastern side for kids. Some of them fall down on alarm wire, and some can reach over there where children can pick them up. Unfortunately the balloons are busted by the policeman standing near the Wall. The West-Berliners get very angry. (Bernauer St., Wedding)
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In many cases there is a path along the Wall where people can take a walk. Families, lovers..., everybody enjoys walking, running and riding a bicycle. (Niederkirchner St., Kreuzberg) |
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The sign says "Warning Life Danger! The water street belongs to the eastern sector of Berlin." And it is translated also into Turkish, because there are many Turks living in this district. (Bromm St., Kreuzberg) |
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Two Turkish women are walking along the Wall. About 12% of West Berlin citizens are foreigners, because West German government invited people like Turks to rebuild the country destroyed duaring World War II. (Bethaniendamm, Kreuzberg) |
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Over the garden there is the fence and the "no-man's-land". Residents here see east german guards with rifles everyday which must make them angry. (Zehlendorf) |
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Three women dressed shick walk along the Wall, but there is no sophisticated restaurant or theatre over there..... Where are they going? (Rudow, Neukölln) |
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It snowed last night and this morning it is very cold, about -10c degree. At this moment guards are staying in the watch tower without any heating. It must be a hard duty. (Spandau) |
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Two girls making a salut in front of the Wall near Checkpoint Charlie. The girl on the right says a few words in japanese. She says, "how are you doing? My name is Heidi. Good night!". (Niederkirchner St., Kreuzberg) |
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A soldier working at Checkpoint Charilie buys something to eat at the snackstand. (Checkpoint Charlie, Kreuzberg) |
Wall and people
