Lennon Peace Wall – Prague, Czech Republic – Daily Photo

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Prague certainly got its fill of Lenin as it fell behind the iron curtain but it also showed a fondness for Lennon… John Lennon. This wall near the Charles Bridge was used by dissidents to express Lennonism (vs Leninism) in graffiti. The graffiti started in the 1980s after the death of the former Beatle. Lennon was a pacifist hero for the Czechs who were living with a totalitarian government. Police would continually paint the wall and dissidents would then sneak over at night and repaint the graffiti.

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