Located on a 1.3 km long area (0.8 miles) of the Berlin Wall in Germany, the Southern Part Collection is the biggest and longest-lasting open air gallery on the globe. It is also one of the most historically significant.
The gallery includes 105 artwork by performers from all over the globe, coloured in 1990 on the east side of the Berlin Wall. The paintings papers a time of change for the Germans people and symbolizes hope for a better, more free future for individuals all over the globe.
To emphasize you of the historical significance, the Berlin Wall was a hurdle designed by East Germany in 1961 that completely cut off West Berlin from East Berlin. The hurdle included secure systems placed along large tangible walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that included anti-vehicle ditches, "fakir beds" and other defenses.
The Eastern Bloc stated that the wall was designed to secure its population from fascist elements conspiring to avoid the "will of the people" in building a socialist state in East Germany. In reality, the Surfaces provided to avoid the massive emigration and defection that noticeable in East Germany and the communist Southern Bloc during the post-World War II period.
Around 5,000 individuals tried to evade over the wall, with an approximated loss of life cost of over 100 in and around Berlin, although that claim is questioned. The physical Wall itself was mainly damaged in 1990. The fall of the Berlin Wall introduced the way for In german reunification, which was officially determined on Oct 3, 1990.
East Side Gallery
