Day Tour, Part 2

Arriving at Potsdam square, the first (and sometimes only) thing to see was lots of people.


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Many found themselves unconventional ways to a better view.


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Cars that had been rendered immobile after such use could still be used to dispose of unwanted items:


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The newspaper "Höchster Kreisblatt" ran an article about getting rid of the garbage on Berlin streets.

Where the Wall had been opened, people from West Berlin and visitors greeted the "Trabi" cars coming from the East. Flowers are offered as welcome gifts, and reporters try to get the tourists on their microphones or TV cameras. (Possibly more interesting than the flowers was the welcome money to which each of the visitors from the GDR was entitled. More about that in the Monday issue of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung".)


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Police did what they could to keep up some order. However, the horsemen had to keep some distance because (I guess) such huge numbers of people might have caused some distress for the horses.


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The cooperation between the police and the military from East and West was a symbol for what could follow (the picture shows them having some small talk). The daily newspaper "Die Welt" ran two articles about such cooperation on Monday: "At the Brandenburg Gate, police from East and West protect the Wall" and "Coffee unites Eastern and Western police".


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The best parts of the Wall had to be protected against those wanting to take home a souvenir.


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Sometimes you didn't need a hammer at all to get hold of a piece of the Wall: In this picture, a piece is offered through a hole in the Wall from the "other side".


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The third and last part of this tour is about the evening and the night in Berlin.


  Frederik Ramm, 2001-05-07