I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you. Just follow the Linky steps below. Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere. The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.Thanks Sami
One of the first murals I saw in Berlin when we did our walking tour - a huge mural on the walls of the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Detlev Rohwedder Building, at 97 Wilhelm Street.
This very austere building was built in 1935-36, and used to be the Aviation Ministry office, led by Hermann Goering, Hitler's second in command.
It was one of the few buildings that survived the 1944-45 extensive bombing by the Allied Forces.
The original 1952 mural by artist Max Lingner, entitled "Building the Republic" was preserved during renovation works after the 1990 reunification of Germany, when the building became the head office of Germany's Finance Ministry (Bundes Finanz Ministerium).
...Sami, this mural is a wonderful history lesson. Thanks so much for sharing it. Enjoy your week.
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DeleteYour trip to Germany really was a great look at street art and public murals. This is fascinating, with so many different eras of recent German history involved.
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I was amazed at the number of murals I found in Berlin. Thanks Mae :)
DeleteI can't believe the building was still there, I thought most of Germany was levelled to the ground, fascinating mural though
ReplyDeleteNot most of Germany, but certainly most of Berlin was, but some things still stood after the war and a lot more was reconstructed. Thanks Amy
DeleteIt feels like we are rebuilding our American Republic after this election!
ReplyDeleteA lot is changing in American politics... thanks Cloudia
DeleteSo many smiling faces on this mural, it warms the heart.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sharon :)
DeleteGostei muito de ver. Relata muita coisa.
ReplyDeleteObrigada Catarina
DeleteThe happy workers of East Germany. It is a great mural if a little creepy.
ReplyDeleteYes, the happy workers :) Thanks Andrew
Deletea magnificent fresco that bears witness to the time of the reconstruction of Germany and a great hope for peace in Europe
ReplyDeleteThanks Kwarkito.
DeleteThis is a beautiful mural, and it shows how people happily work together. It is huge and shares a good lesson and a message as well.
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday and thanks for hosting.
Thanks Amila.
DeleteVery unusual.
ReplyDeleteAll about the happy workers of East Germany, thanks William
DeleteAmazing dancing parties on the wall! Quite artistic like acrylic almost
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DeleteVery interesting. Also to see the old writing. I´m that old we got a few lessons on that in school! Yes, it was clearly in GDR. I heard so many stories of my teamleaders from over there and also Ingo had relatives in the East and visited. It really was another Germany. And still is, a bit.
ReplyDeleteGreat Meissener Porzellan, if much, much smaller now, still exists.
Yes, a mural with a story from the past. Thanks Iris
DeleteGlad the building and the mural have been well preserved. Have a great new week.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nancy :)
DeleteGreat story in pictures Sami 😀! My entry here https://flightsofthesoul.wordpress.com/2022/11/14/spacewalk/
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us :)
DeleteI knew imediatedly were this is. I posted it 2021/6/22. I visited in 2012. Thanks for the additional info.
ReplyDeleteThanks :) Sorry as this is an anonymous comment, not sure who you are :)
DeleteTo the glory of hard-working comrades in th GDR... I have the same photos somewhere, posted it a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting Rob, I suppose all visitors have identical photos, lol.
DeleteA great mural and East or West Germany they knew how to make a mural.
ReplyDeleteVery nice murals all over Germany, specially Berlin
DeleteA great mural that really tells a story.
ReplyDeleteThanks David :)
DeleteWonderful mural
ReplyDeleteThanks Ashok :))
DeleteIt is so good that this bit of history has been preserved.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's great that such an old mural looks so good.
DeleteI can't believe that represented East Germany before the fall of the wall. They all look so happy. Makes me want to sing and dance when I saw that mural. Quite a history lesson there, Sami.
ReplyDeleteI presume they didn't know any better and the Government looked after them well. Thanks Elizabeth
DeleteWhat a great mural!
ReplyDeleteThanks River :)
DeleteThat's a fun one, Sami. A lot going on there!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeanie.
DeleteDear Sami, even though I live closer to Germany than you (namely in Austria), I've never been to Berlin. But the mural looks very interesting. When I finally get to Berlin, I'll see it. I have a mosaic mural for you today that was created from more than 7 million glass mosaic tiles.
ReplyDeleteAll the best
and have a wonderful time!
Traude
https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2022/11/internationale-glastage-in-der.html
A great mural that tells a story.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan