When I was about 10 years old, seemingly overnight, Germany was divided by the Berlin Wall. I remember the early stories on the evening news of people trying to escape from the East and shots of Checkpoint Charlie. For almost 30 years it stood as a “symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism” and The Wall became an iconic symbol of the Cold War. I was recently in the former East Germany and it was important to me to see the Berlin Wall, for all it’s symbolism and effect on history. This piece of the wall is in Lübeck.
The Weekly Photo Challenge is: Escape
Beyond the Brush 
nice to see, that Lübeck saved one piece of the wall. Always when we had visited my mother (East Germany, Ruegen) – we were glad to return to the West, we entered a restaurant in Lübeck, shouting: free!!!
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I had been trying to determine from maps if Lubeck had been in the East or West – it was in the West then?
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This really is incredible. The wall piece really holds so much history and I can feel the anger the stone.
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It was something I really wanted to see – it represents a bit of history, a shroud of silence and mistrust that over-shadowed the politics of my younger years.
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In 1989 I passed through Check Point Charlie just before it was torn down, I have a small piece of the Berlin wall that I souvenired as every one else was doing at that time
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What a piece of history. That must have been quite a time to be in Germany.
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Yes it was amazing I also went through China and Tiananmen Square just after the 1989 massacre
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My gosh – marching right along with history.
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Yes looking back now it was an incredible part of history
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Great choice and great shot.
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Thank you, Tina – it seemed appropriate. Appreciate the feedback. 🙂
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I like your take on escape.
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Thank you, Heidi – appreciate that.
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Perfect for the theme, and interesting in its own right.
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Thank you, Naomi – it took me a while to decide on an escape shot.
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There are many Walls in the World that divide People from each other.
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Too many walls, not enough bridges.
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I think many Walls are in the heads of the People and the bridge is called education and many people lack education.
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Agreed.
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