94 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021
The Berlin Wall began 25 years
post-World War II as barbed wire
in 1961 to divide the East German
city so that people in the Eastern
Soviet section of the city could not freely
go into the western American section of
the city. Eventually, a cement wall was
built. Because of the outcome of World
War II, which Germany lost in 1945,
Berlin was divided into four sections – The
American Sector, the French Sector, the
Great Britain sector and the Russian sector.
The most famous opening for crossing was
Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstrasse.
It became a notorious symbol of the Cold
War that intensified between Russia and
the United States. When the wall was torn
down in East Germany in 1989, 28 years of
tension was relieved.
AARRTT
THE BERLIN WALL
Freedom Pavilion at Citrus Park
By Aaron R. Fodiman
The Airlift was painted by OAF Artist in Residence, Terri Lynn Bluebird.
Dr. Jack Jawitz, owner of a
Berlin Wall collection, thanked the
project’s resident artists
Terri Lynn “Blue” Bluebird and
Lonnie Homenuk, president of the
Outdoor Arts Foundation, for their
work and dedication to the “Lost
Art of the Berlin Wall” exhibit at
Freedom Pavilion in Westfield
Citrus Park mall in Tampa.
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