One sunflower

Stasi prison July 23, 1986

This is the first time in a long time I see civilians.

People moving around, cars driving by.

The bus is rolling slowly through town.

At a rotten old bridge I see a sunflower growing through the concrete cracks.

We drive past it with medium speed but it seems like a still image.

It is such a cheesy symbol but this flower will always be with me.

 

*Testimony -> Start. This blog entry is part of a linear narrated testimony of the contemporary witness Jens Thieme who was imprisoned 1985-1986 as a political prisoner in various GDR prisons by the GDR Ministry of State Security. Stasi prison, Stasi jail, Stasi detention.