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            Sometimes referred to as the Fraternal Kiss, this graffiti painting by Dmitri Vrubel was on the eastern side Berlin wall. Painted in 1990, it has become one of the best known pieces of Berlin wall graffiti art. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Berlin Wall graffiti art existed only on the western side. The painting depicts Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker in a socialist fraternal kiss, reproducing a photograph taken in 1979 during the 30th anniversary celebration of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic. Along with other murals in the section, the painting continued in display after the wall was taken down, but vandalism and atmospheric conditions gradually led to its deterioration. In March 2009, the painting, along with others, was erased from the wall to allow the original artists to repaint them with more durable paints. Vrubel was commissioned to repaint the piece, donating the €3000 fee he was paid to a social art project in Marzahn.

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Taken in: Germany / Land Berlin / Berlin, Stadt / Warschauer Straße (show map)

Taken on: July 3, 2023

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Camera: Sony DSC-RX100M7, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, 9mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
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ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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