Korridor, Steinbä̈chle, Ilshofen, Baden-Wü̈rttemberg, Germany, 2010
Story #3, Tilman Wendland, 2012
Hearing the talk about Dada I was surprised that it had a big revival at the end of the 1980s, in my case, in East Germany. It was the first time that they held some exhibitions. However, a day that was really important for me was the 9th of November 1989. Actually, I didn’t bring an image. But everybody knows that day.
The day started in a different way ... It was a Thursday, and the next Tuesday was the day I had to go to the army. In the morning I went to the military office
... because I had sent them a letter. A leader from the church in East Germany had told me that also in East Germany they will have a civil service ... Since the army didn’t react to my letter, I went to their office.
Every paper I had with me was taken by the guy in the office. And when he came back, he gave me everything back, except the paper saying that I had to go to the army next Tuesday ... I was surprised, even stressed. I felt ‘Oh my god! ...
I can only study after being in the army.’ That was a rule. On the other hand I was happy, that I didn’t have to go to the army the next Tuesday! ... Okay, next thing I remember is that my mother told me about an interesting event in Potsdam, the place I come from. Um. A brother of Konrad Wolf, who was a filmmaker in East Germany ... his name was Markus Wolf, a former leader of the East German secret service for foreign countries ... However, he was the brother of Konrad Wolf and finished a book which Konrad Wolf started. As far as I remember, Konrad Wolf was working on the book for seven years, and in one year Markus Wolf finished the book. That was a real issue in East Berlin, people spoke about it, and so I thought I have to go there.
So we went there. It was not often that I went with my parents to events like this. And ... so because of this strange beginning of the day, I ... okay, I probably have to cut some sentences here ... So, I went to Potsdam. It took a while to get