Bettina Flitner in Hamburg
Bettina Flitner in Hamburg
November 2, 2016
“I came over in 1960. I was a miner in the Lausitz. When I wanted to visit my mother, I always had to pay a fee. That really wasn’t on.” © Bettina Flitner
Among other places, the reportage appeared in the M Magazine No. 2, and will now be on display at Leica Fotografie International, Springeltwiete 4, 20099 Hamburg, from November 2 to 23, 2106.
The exhibition vernissage and an Artist Talk will take place on November 2, 2016, at 19:00.
Accompanying event:
November 9, 2016, 18:00
Davongekrault! Fluchten über die Ostsee (Swimming to freedom. Escape over the Baltic Sea). Presentation with podium discussion: Axel Mitbauer, former East German top swimmer, Dr. Volker Höffer, BstU Rostock, Dr. René Wiese, Zentrum deutsche Sportgeschichte (Centre for German Sports History)
Free entry
“I came over in 1960. I was a miner in the Lausitz. When I wanted to visit my mother, I always had to pay a fee. That really wasn’t on.” © Bettina Flitner
“I have 500 marks a month. A meal used to cost 30 pennies, now it comes from the west and, starting next week, it’ll cost 4 marks. Then I’ll stop eating and start saving up for my funeral.” © Bettina Flitner
“What are we doing here? We’re working at the Lazarus Hospital, just up ahead. We’re happy to be able to take a walk here. And you? Aren’t you from Berlin?” © Bettina Flitner