My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love
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"My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love" is a famous Berlin Wall mural by Dmitri Vrubel depicting the fraternal kiss between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East German leader Erich Honecker, symbolizing Cold War-era political tensions and irony.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mural
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street art ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Brezhnev–Honecker kiss mural
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Fraternal Kiss mural NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | photograph of Brezhnev and Honecker kissing in 1979 ⓘ |
| city | Berlin ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Dmitri Vrubel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
iconic image of the Berlin Wall after reunification
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popular tourist attraction in Berlin ⓘ |
| depictionContext | socialist fraternal kiss tradition ⓘ |
| depicts |
Erich Honecker
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Leonid Brezhnev NERFINISHED ⓘ fraternal socialist kiss ⓘ kiss between Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker ⓘ |
| eventLocationDepicted | 30th anniversary of the German Democratic Republic celebration ⓘ |
| genre |
muralism
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political art ⓘ political satire ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
became a symbol of Berlin street art
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became one of the most photographed images on the Berlin Wall ⓘ |
| hasInscription | My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInscriptionLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
love and death
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political hypocrisy ⓘ satire of ideological devotion ⓘ |
| inception | 1990 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Russian ⓘ |
| location |
Berlin Wall
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East Side Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | paint ⓘ |
| movement |
contemporary art
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post-Cold War art ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Dmitri Vrubel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Господи! Помоги мне выжить среди этой смертной любви ⓘ |
| partOf | East Side Gallery open-air gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantPlace | Mühlenstrasse, Friedrichshain, Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Cold War
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Soviet–East German relations ⓘ communism ⓘ political irony ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Cold War-era political tensions
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contradictions within communist bloc ⓘ irony of socialist solidarity ⓘ |
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