We can be heroes, just for one day....

In 1987 David Bowie did a concert in Berlin where his stage was placed up against the West side of the Berlin Wall, which was still standing. The sounds of the concert filtered over into East Germany where thousands had gathered to cheer and sing along as an act of rebellion against the communist authorities. When he sung "Heroes", which is a song about two lovers who risk being shot by meeting at the wall to steal a kiss, he said it was like singing an Anthem in which everyone on both sides joined in. Looking from the outside ,it is not possible to imagine living in a city which had been divided, for so many years, by an impenetrable wall. It seems today that it must have just been a bad dream, a nightmare that the city awoke from. It seems today that it never happened, because on the surface the city has been seamlessly reconnected. How lucky are those born into a Berlin that is undivided. How painfully real must be the memories of those who experienced the long years of living in the shadow of The Wall. When they tore it down, they were all heroes, just for one day...

Gallery on the wall established 1990

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a deep river Spree by the wall

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