Graffiti scrawl, 'Knut' crazy bear heads, SOBR party girl paste-up, weathered bricks, courtyard wall, Haus Schwarzenberg, Berlin
The front building of Haus Schwarzenberg, at Rosenthaler Strasse 39, was built in 1864. Other buildings with several courtyards were added, to the rear, in 1907. From 1940-1944 Otto Weidt owned a workshop, to the rear of the front building, for manufacturing brushes and brooms for the Wehrmacht, employing and protecting several Jewish employees from deportation. The workshops to the rear, accessed by an archway in the front of the building, now house the Otto Weidt Museum, Ann Frank Zentrum Berlin, Kino Cinema, Monster Kabinett and Neurotitan Shop. View of graffiti, including two white 'Knut' crazy polar bear heads and one tall black suit SOBR artist party girl image, in the first courtyard behind the front building of Haus Schwarzenberg. 'Knut' (2006-2001) was a polar bear at Berlin Zoo, rejected by his mother and brought up by a zoo-keeper. He became known as the 'crazy polar bear' after behaving badly, including an attack on a tourist, who, for some reason, had entered his enclosure. The bear was later revealed to be suffering from encephalitis. SOBR is an unknown artist of partying girls dancing to an unknown beat.
Size: 5471px × 3648px
Location: 'Graffiti Alley' Courtyard, behind front Haus Schwarzenberg, Rosenthaler Strasse 39, Berlin, Germany
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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