What all the fuss was about
By John Welford
@indexer (4852)
Leicester, England
March 5, 2020 10:39am CST
My previous post was about having to wait for ages to take this photo!
This is probably the best-known image on the East Side Gallery, which is a preserved stretch of the Berlin Wall. It shows the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev showing his affection for Erich Honecker, the particularly unpleasant ruler of East Germany who had been responsible for many deaths of would-be escapers across the Wall back in the 1970s and 1980s.
Yes, it is a revolting image - not because it shows two men kissing, but because of what it symbolizes.
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@Mensch (292)
• Calcutta, India
5 Mar 20
Oh yes I remember this photo very well. This goes down in history as one of those ferric moments when world world's focus towards Germany with a political insight. I have a Video with me which shows the breaking of the Berlin Wall and people jumping across it to meet their near and dear ones.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
5 Mar 20
@Mensch This is true, but at the time it was less obvious, at least at the very beginning when he went there. You had to cross a part of East Germany to reach Berlin, and it was difficult to tell if the motorway would not be closed quickly... But for sure I missed something
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
5 Mar 20
I have never seen that photo. I guess every historical person must be placed in the context and judged by them.
@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
5 Mar 20
Caught me off guard but as I always say there is worst travesties in world, The things people get bent out of shape with.
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Mar 20
I agree. A revolting image. When were you in Berlin? (I haven't seen your other post yet so maybe I'll find out there) 
