PACE EGAT muW. M.Truly- a AT T! x TT v PAGE EIGHT nr:n'UE aEd~nU>vA t U DAILY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1963 I Berlin: Cut by Brick and Wire, ..*.'........ AEAS .. ....... .......;2 5 .: ..........*....*.. ......... .Moll..me.o. Nil W 1 4 . .... Pa4 R.I.,41 L EuN4 MINI\ in ............... ... Insid East.Ger an.Secto -Associated Press RUINS-This ruin of the Berlin Cathedral is representative of the World War II damage which re- mains in most parts of the eastern sector. East Berlin lags far behind the West in rehabilitation of the city. I F All a tourist needs to do to visit East Berlin is to show his non- German passport and w a 1 k through the well-guarded gate for foreign v i s i t o r s, nicknamed "Check-Point Charlie." Once inside, the visitor finds a remarkable contrast to the West. Upon entering the "other" city, the tourist might think that the war had ended within the past year or two. World War II ruins are still the leading architectural scheme. Streets are void of cars and buses cruise the avenues to- tally empty. The wall is not immediate in the minds of the citizens of East Berlin. Those who remember the pre-war days have resigned them- selves to the fact that their wand- erings are limited. They seem reluctant to allow the wall to in- terfere with their daily exist- ence. Normal Existence Without a knowledge of the wall, life progresses normally. A young husband smiles at his expectant wife, children play in the streets with a stick and a ball and a workman sings as he continues his construction job. The students, who do not re- member what it was like before the war, visibly follow the Com- munist line. When asked about the wall they say, "It is bad, but nec- essary." They defend it on eco- nomic grounds. "When there was no wall, currency speculators crossed at will and manipulated the East German mark, leading to its devaluation," they argue. Furthermore, they insist that "such devaluation prevents the development of East Germany into the power it once was." When questioned about their "brothers" who have been shot crossing the wall, the common an- swer is, "Oh, those are the greedy." Tense Scene West of the wall emotions are intense. Wooden wreaths are erect- ed in memory of those who died seeking freedom. A sixty-year-old grandmother leaped from the third floor, a twenty-year-old student jumped from the roof of a five-story building, other refugees have got- ten caught in the barbed wire. Scenes like these daily confront Berliners.. -Associated Press MODERN CITY-Signs of World War II damage are becoming a rarity in West Berlin. The neon-lit Kurfuerstendamm, known as "K-damm" to denizens, the main street of West Berlin, ranks with the finest of Europe's post-war developments. MEMORIALS - Wooden wreaths remain in memory to those who unsuccessfully attempted the leap to freedom. This barbed wire, located a few yards from the wall in the western sector, is to keep the curious from wandering too close to the danger zone. 1 ,/. SENIORS (and all other students receiving degrees in December, May or August) SIGN UP NOW FOR YOUR SENIOR PICTURE in the MICHIGANENSIAN SIGN UP NOW ON THE DIAG i DECEPTIVE-The wall, although sloppily constructed with stone blocks topped with barbed wire, is reinforced with machine-gun equipped East German guards, who patrol border streets and observe from over-hanging windows. HOUSE DIVIDED-Bricked-up windows mark Bernhaurstrasse, where the wall penetrates the very center of the one-time East Berlin shops and residences. Barbed wire runs across these roof- tops. 4' _ _ _ _ f -___t__ ___ I'_ RESERVE NOW FOR THE 1963-64 SEASON! IMPRISONED-Here it is said that even Jesus Christ is behind the wall. The statue faces west. Broken glass imbedded in the wall top hinders escapees. INSCRIPTIONS-Writing on the wall expresses sentiments of West Berliners. Other slogans such as "Concentration Camp-Think of Eichmann" and "There is but one Berlin" decorate the west side of the wall. I. 'U PHOTOGRAPHY by ED LANGS p0 I 0 S Welcome Students! 0 DISTINCTIVE NOW AVAILABLE at 1541 SAR 2 -5 P M I I