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Germany: Berlin Wall Murals Destroyed

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Western Europe, Germany, Russia, Arts & Culture, History

IZO writes [1] about “an act of extraordinary cultural vandalism”: “a section of the Berlin Wall that had been preserved with its post-fall graffiti, including the iconic painting by Dmitri Vrubel depicting a kiss between communist leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Eric Honecker, has been “restored”, meaning the complete destruction of the murals.”