Title: Striche ziehen /
Authors: Kroske, Gerd.; Misselwitz, Anne, 1977-; Angermann, Grit.; Willmann, Frank, 1963-; Hahn, Anne, 1966-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; Youth Germany (East) Political and social views.; Berlin (Germany) History
Abstract: Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the west side of the wall was covered in graffiti. In the mid 1980s a Weimar punk group decided, as a protest, to draw a broad white line through the images along the entire length of the wall, in an action called "Der weisse Strich". What begins as a youthful protest and "art project" ends in arrest with severe personal and legal consequences.