Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986
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Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986
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The punk is probably a volspoliziei now
This is the sequel to Top Secret!
Both are returning from a Rammstein concert
the punk is Sven Marquardt, a photographer and bouncer at Berghain.
Ha! I was there!
Is it just me or the Volkspolizei dude looks exactly like Valery Legasov?
The spectrum of cool in one picture. From punk rock to total dweeb.
one of these two has stupid hair, an outrageous costume and a bad attitude. the other is a punk
He looks like the guy on the bus in Star Trek 4
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
They are heading to the FKK for a little sun
Which one is which?
To the left: sven marquardt, doorman of berghain. To the right: genosse müllermeierschmidt
Good ol’ button fly jeans.
Not going to lie,looking at punk’s when I was a kid I was astonished at the fact that they go around daily with their hair sticking up from all the keep spray and they were quite comfortable 😁
I miss when the counter culture was tough and bad ass… Today’s young counter culture are more concerned with feelings and trusting the government institutions. It’s so fucking weird. Are young Republicans the new counter culture?
Really though? Punk in East Germany was cracked down on HARD. I can imagine this scenario happening in ‘86.
Can somebody do some photoshop magic and exchange their heads?
Not having lived in East Germany (I spent the 80s in New York City), would the police have cracked down on punk or dressing up like this? Can’t imagine the government was too thrilled.
With an umbrella to make sure his spikes don’t get ruined…
Someone should colorize the photo…what with there apparently being no color photography in the 1980’s
I love the contrast in posture, it really gives this photo another dimension.
VoPo guy did well. Punk guy was cool af.
The U-Bahn seems to be looking for someone to switch seats with
Uniform is surprisingly WWII-ish even after 40 years.
That was very confussing for a moment there, I’d read it as Putin sitting next to the police officer and thought- WTF?
My father’s cousin grew up in West Berlin (I think he was 5 or so when the wall was built around him). So he grew up to be an anarchist and punk. He spent the first 30 years or so of his life inside that wall.
Nowadays he’s in his late 70’s or so. He keeps his hair short and beard trimmed, but still wears the classic leather jacket and boots.
My german is so-so, and he doesn’t speak english or swedish (which is my mother tounge), so it’s a bit difficult to hold conversations, but this picture made me remember the one time he said something in english.
He was driving me and my dad around Berlin, giving us a bit of a tour, when a patrol car passed us. He makes a rude gesture and loudly exclaims “Fuck the police!”.
I’ve only ever heard him speak german before and since, but I love that he still keeps it real after all these years.
Pic goes hard