West Germany

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The Berlin Wall, 1961-1989

[1984]
Album capolavoro dei Minutemen, “Double Nickels on the Dime”
Scritta da D. Boon

Berlino, Bernauer Straße, 13 agosto 1961. La strada sta per essere divisa in due. I berlinesi della parte occidentale assistono alla costruzione del Muro.

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Has it been 40 years?
Still a hostage
New kind of fascist
There in West Germany

The people are battlefields
East and west
The lines are drawn
How are you to live?

Fear of death is so close
Crimes on our heads
Are we ignorant, blind?
Afraid to swallow our pride

Contributed by Bartleby - 2010/11/16 - 10:54

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Berlin Wall, 1984. Human Chain painted by Keith Haring

Bartleby - 2010/11/16 - 11:05

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