Gallery 6: The Berlin Wall
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Sabine described the day the Wall went up, not far from where she lived. Through barbed wire they watched the torment of neighbours on the other side. Then came concrete blocks and the view - and sense of neighbour - disappeared. The sinister permancence of the Wall made everyone feel violated. The communists, Sabine said bitterly to Tony, had sealed her in. "Maybe not sealed in, " he replied, pointing a bright side. "Maybe the other side got sealed out." Sabine didn't argue.
"Sealed in. Sealed out," she said with resignation. "Sealed off." (p. 79)
"The Wall ran into the river here and continued on the opposite side. At first, Easterners tried to swim out through the watery opening. Good shooting practice for Communist border patrols: a decent distance, a target that moves, though not too fast. On the south bank by the Reichstag the West kept score. Dozens of white crosses sprouted up." (p. 426)
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