This authentic GDR Fensterfahne, or window-flag, was a typical East German patriotic accessory, whether a citizen chose to hang it from their window or whether the choice was made for them. I used to ride the S-Bahn (over-ground train) from my neighborhood in Wedding, Berlin in 1984. The Station, Wollankstasse Bahnhof, actually lay within the confines of the Wall and no-man's-land that separated West from East Berlin. One could stand on the platform and look to the left and see the brightly painted apartments on the Western side with their window-boxes overflowing with flowers in the spring and summer. On the right one could see the grey backs of eviscerated Old Berlin Hinterhofs (the back tenement courtyards of the older buildings) and glimpses of the streets that no longer ran to the West. Down these streets could be seen hints of the gold, red, and black East German flags which were supposedly hung with patriotism from the nearest windows. Flags answered flowers. One bright day I heard children's voices from the old Hinterhofs to the east. Straining my ears to discern what song these children of the GDR might be singing I gave a laugh. "Plop, plop, fiz, fiz, Oh what a relief it is..."