The Anonymous Widower

An Inscription In The Pavement

I came across this inscription in the pavement dated to the 8th October 1989 by the Dresden Hauptbahnhof.

An Inscription In The Pavement

I can’t find anything about it directly on the web, but it is probably connected to this section in Wikipedia’s entry for the Monday Demonstrations In East Germany, which says this.

A major turning point was the events in the West German Embassy of Prague, where thousands of East Germans had fled in September, living there in conditions reminiscent of the Third World. Hans-Dietrich Genscher had negotiated an agreement that allowed them to travel to the West, in trains that had to pass first through the GDR. Genscher’s speech from the balcony was interrupted by a very emotional reaction to his announcement. When the trains passed Dresden’s central station in early October, police forces had to stop people from trying to jump on the trains.

I should have taken more pictures.

June 14, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | World | Dictatorship, Dresden