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Fotoeins Friday: Tag der deutschen Einheit

By HL fotoeins on 3 Oct 2025

After the fall of the Wall in November 1989, voices grew louder for quick reunification, for both capital city and country. In under one year, not only did the two Berlins become one, the former West and East Germany nations reunited to form a single Germany, made official in a grand ceremony on 3 October 1990. Annually, the federal government of Germany observes October 3 as Tag der deutschen Einheit (Day of German Unity) and as gesetzlicher Feiertag (federal statutory holiday).

Shown here is the 1999 artwork “Schwarz, Rot, Gold” (Black, Red, Gold) by German artist Gerhard Richter, on display within the exhibition “Gerhard Richter: 100 Works for Berlin” at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie. Consisting of synthetic resin paint on glass, this smaller version of Richter’s original art piece refers to the much larger version he created for the entrance hall of the German Reichstag building to indicate at the time new beginnings for both Germany and its Bundestag federal parliament.

I made the image above with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime on 22 May 2025 with the following settings: 1/60-sec, f/4, ISO2000, 18.5mm focal length (28mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-whL.