Detail View: SHIMMER: Berlin Wall
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Title:
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Berlin Wall
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Creation Date:
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1961
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Image Date:
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2012
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Period:
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20th century
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Start Date:
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1961
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End Date:
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1989
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Location:
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Berlin
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Display Creator:
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not known
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Image ID:
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12-0120
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Description:
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Detail: inscribed plaque on a watch tower, part of the Berlin Wall - now surrounded by 21st century buildings. The tower is now called the Günter Litfin Memorial, and is run as a memorial to Günter Litfin, shot 24-08-1961, and all victims of the Berlin Wall. The last line of the plaque says that if we forget history and catches up with us. Location: Kieler Straße 2, 10115 Berlin.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Related Information:
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Günter Litfin Memorial. For more information see also < http://www.gedenkstaetteguenterlitfin.de/ > .
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Creator:
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not known
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- Germany
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Subject Heading:
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Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
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Subject Heading:
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Towers
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1900-2000
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Subject Heading:
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Museums -- Germany
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Subject Heading:
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Memorials -- Germany
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Subject Heading:
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Signs and signboards -- Germany
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Subject Heading:
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Dark tourism
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