Grenzübergang Bornholmerstraße

Hans Peter Lochmann: Berlin, Grenzübergang Bornholmerstraße, Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografie, 1989; Bildquelle: Deutsches Bundesarchiv via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1989-1118-028,_Berlin,_Grenz%C3%BCbergang_Bornholmer_Stra%C3%9Fe.jpg. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany.

The Bornholmer Strasse border crossing between East and West Berlin, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. West Berliners welcome their eastern counterparts (in their distinctive Trabant cars) with a banner reading "Test the West". At the time, this was the advertising slogan of a well-known brand of cigarettes, thus combining the promises of political freedom and affluent consumerism.

Berlin, Grenzübergang Bornholmerstraße, black-and-white-photograph, 1989, photographer: Hans Peter Lochmann; source: Deutsches Bundesarchiv via Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved CC BY-SA 3.0 DE.