Fake friends behave like shadows. They stick around during your brightest moments and disappear during your darkest hours. True friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but they are always there.
— Habeeb Akande
Fake friends behave like shadows. Photo © J. Elke Ertle, 2018. www.walled-in-berlin.com
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Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.
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