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SZ Photo - Wall wood­peck­ers

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the so-called "Mauerspechte" (wall-pecker) began to break smaller and larger pieces out of the Berlin Wall. Locals and tourists took them as souvenirs, and many began to sell them. - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.

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

23.11.1989 - 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 souveni...
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Wallpeckers, 1989

01.12.1989 - Young Berliner break pieces from the wall. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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Sector border sign and wall with graffiti in Berlin, 1989

01.12.1989 - A section of the Berlin Wall altered by wall-peckers and graffti four weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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A section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 1989

13.11.1989 - A section of the Berlin Wall on Potsdamer Platz with graffiti and inscriptions as well as traces of wall-peckers. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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A section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 1989

13.11.1989 - A section of the Berlin Wall on Potsdamer Platz with graffiti and inscriptions as well as traces of wall-peckers. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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Wallpeckers in Kreuzberg, 1989/90

01.01.1990 - 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...
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Souvenir trade at the Berlin Wall 1990

01.04.1990 - A traveling salesman sells pieces of the Berlin Wall and souvenirs from the GDR at the Berlin Wall. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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The Berlin Wall after the wallpeckers, 1990

01.02.1990 - View of a part of the Berlin Wall behind the Reichstag building, where wall-peckers have been busy. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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Souvenir shop at Checkpoint Charlie 1990

01.01.1990 - 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...
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Souvenir shop at Checkpoint Charlie 1990

15.03.1990 - After the fall of the Berlin Wall, souvenir dealers extended their offer to disused decorations and party badges of the GDR. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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Withdrawal of the Soviet Army and souvenir sale at the Brandenburg Gate 1991

01.03.1991 - Russian soldiers sell caps, medals and other items before leaving the former GDR, here at the Brandenburg Gate. [automated translation] [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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Wallpecker and border guard

20.02.1990 - Germany, Berlin, February 20, 1990: The Wall at Potsdamer Platz, wallpecker and border guard with hammer and chisel, souvenir. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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Wallpecker

11.01.1990 - Germany, Berlin, January 11, 1990: Wallpecker at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin-Mitte. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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Wallpecker at the Brandenburg Gate

11.01.1990 - Wallpecker at the Brandenburg Gate, Germany, Berlin-Tiergarten, 11.01.1990. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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Mauerspecht (wallpecking)

11.01.1990 - Wallpeckers at the Wall at Brandenburg Gate, Berlin-Mitte, 11.01.1990. GDR, [XPAEXPORTID002011]
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Opening of the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, 1989

22.12.1989 - GDR, Berlin, 22.12.1989. Opening of the Brandenburg Gate (at the Brandenburg Gate, the Wall is opened). Wallpecker ..., [XPAEXPORTID002011]
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Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall

01.01.1990 - Sale of painted wall pieces to passers-by along the Berlin Wall. Photography from around 1989/1990. [XPAEXPORTID002011]
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Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall

01.01.1990 - 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...
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Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall

01.01.1990 - Sale of painted wall pieces to passers-by along the Berlin Wall. Photography from around 1989/1990. [XPAEXPORTID002011]
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Souvenirs / Pieces of the Berlin Wall

01.01.1989 - Sale of painted pieces of wall to passers-by. Photography from around 1989. [XPAEXPORTID003002]
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American officer of the Berlin Brigade knocks pieces out of the Berlin Wall
A section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 1989
Souvenir trade at the Berlin Wall 1990
Wallpeckers, 1989
A section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 1989
The Berlin Wall after the wallpeckers, 1990
Sector border sign and wall with graffiti in Berlin, 1989
Wallpeckers in Kreuzberg, 1989/90
Souvenir shop at Checkpoint Charlie 1990

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