Berlin Warschauer Straße - Berlin Warsaw Street station is as beautiful as Warsaw itself. Even Yoko said 'Man, this feels like Poland' when we were hanging around in that area.ISO 200, 18mm, f/7.1, 1/320s.
This is a bit of the famous Berlin Wall, which used to divide the city into Allied (Western) and Soviet zones, after Germany was split into Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic following the end of WW2.ISO 200, 65mm, f/6.3, 1/800s.
It is estimated that 235 people were shot trying to cross into the Western part of Germany leaving the communist East behind. [1, p.176] What is perhaps surprising though is that the communist Germany was the first one to grant the legal equality of women. [1, p.177]ISO 200, 22mm, f/7.1, 1/160s.
As the Soviet Union crumbled under its own weight towards the end of 1980s, and the neighbouring countries were able release themselves from the communist grip, nothing could stop East Germans from taking down the wall, which they did. Only bits remain, here and there, for remembrance. The comment on the wall refers to the West Bank barrier that I showed you in my West Bank 2011 gallery.ISO 200, 18mm, f/7.1, 1/200s.
Probably the most iconic song about the fall of the USSR and the end of the Cold War is Wind of Change by Scorpions. Ah, gives me tingles!ISO 200, 34mm, f/6.3, 1/1250s.
The two men kissing passionately are Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East German President Erich Honecker. Enough of the Wall!ISO 100, 38mm, f/4.5, 1/80s.
The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church was damaged in WW2, now it has a modern and old part. This is the new part.
The old one is much more cool, but currently hidden behind scaffoldings.ISO 400, 11mm, f/2.8, 1/60s.
