BERLIN: AND THE WALL CAME DOWN
Project Statement
Posing at the Berlin Wall near Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, 1990.
Looking east through the Berlin Wall, Berlin, 1990.
Young man removing part of the Berlin Wall, Berlin, 1990.
East Berlin children rummaging through discarded DDR library books, Wilhelm Pieck Strasse, Berlin, 1990.
Oliver in his squat, Chauseestrasse, Berlin, 1990.
Interior of squat, Chauseestrasse, Berlin, 1990.
Stefan looking out from his squat, Chauseestrasse, Berlin, 1990.
“What a Mess at my Age, What a Message,” Stefan’s squat, Chauseestrasse, Berlin, 1990.
Skinheads waving Nazi war ensign in protest of Unification, Brandenberger Tor, Berlin, Oct. 3, 1990.
Unification, Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Oct 3, 1990.
East Berlin resident arguing with anti-government demonstrator, Alexanderplatz, Berlin, 1990.
Skinhead Graffiti, Schoenhauser Allee S-Banhof, Berlin, 1990.
East Berlin resident arguing with anti-government demonstrators, Alexanderplatz, Berlin, 1990.
Nazi-free zone, Pfarstrasse, Berlin, 1990.
“Test the West,” racist graffiti on cigarette billboard, Oranienberger Strasse, Berlin, 1990.
Demonstrating for squatters’ rights, Friedrichstraße, Berlin, 1990.
Autonomen demonstration, Alexanderplatz, Berlin, 1990.
East Berlin residents reading Autonomen anti-government propaganda (first day after battle), Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1990.
Autonomen squats and East Berlin residences, Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1990.
Riot police battling squatters with water cannons, Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1990.
Squatters await government-backed eviction by riot police, Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1990.
Political banner (SPD) being burned by squatters during demonstration against the eviction at Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1990.
Waving flag during demonstration against police, near Mainzerstrasse, Berlin, 1990.
Squatters (Autonomen) reinforcing barricades, Mainzerstrasse, Berlin, 1990 (v. 2).
East Berlin residents leaving for work the morning after first day of battle between riot police and squatters, Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1994.
Mainzer Straße residents discussing street battle, Berlin, 1990.
Riot police battling squatters with water cannons, Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1990.
Molotov cocktails used by Autonomen against police, Berlin, 1990.
Squatters waiting to battle police as tear gas (mace) fills Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1990.
“Mainz bleibt meins!,” torched political billboard, near Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1990.
Worker in charge of gutting squatters’ flats (Factories don’t burn down by themselves; they need your help,) Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1990.
View of Mainzer Straße after eviction of squatters #4, Berlin, 1990.
Façade of squat after eviction, Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1990.
Residents of Mainzer Straße reading info board after eviction of squatters, Berlin, 1990.
“Remember the Alamo,” memorial to Mainzer Straße, Berlin, 1990.
Information tent/bulletin at Mainzer Straße two weeks after police eviction, Berlin, 1990.