Based on Christ's Way of the Cross, the individual stations symbolize suffering and oppression within the GDR dictatorship and along the German-German border.
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pointalpha.com/produkt/weg-der-hoffnung-3

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An art project of the Point Alpha Foundation

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On the border between East and West, art as a reminder of the longing and suffering of separation.

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