Ruzhinji rweEast Germany yakadzidza nezvekubatanidzwa kwemall kutanga seyakagadzirwa mifananidzo. Asi kunyange zvakanyanya kuda kuziva kwenguva refu kuti "kugara pamwe chete", kwaakaita kweanopfuura makumi maviri emakore kubva kuma1970s. "Ini ndaida kufunga kuti aivanda kumashure kwevakuru vepamutemo pekutarisira tariro iyi," Maler akataura nezve iri basa muna 2014, apo iyo mifananidzo yakati ichibuda uye iri muchimiro chemapikicha. "Chii chinoshandura mutauro wemuviri, kunyangwe kutaura kwemumwe munhu kuchitaura nezvevakapesana?"
Ute Mahler akaberekwa muna 1949 muThuliya. Kubudikidza mavhiki matatu pamberi pekuonekwa kwake, ndima iyi yakazova Germany Democratic Republic (GDR), nyika yehukama, umo kuumbwa kwemutori wemifananidzo, uye anenge makumi maviri emakore ebasa rakabudirira rakaitika.
Mushure mekufunda pikicha pachikoro chepamusoro chemifananidzo nemabhuku muLeipzig (1969-1974), akatanga kugamuchira maodha ekupfura magazini yeSibyle. Kuva munyori wenguva dzose webhuku rakakurumbira, macoriya akashambidza miganhu pakati pechifashama, mufananidzo uye zvinyorwa zvekupfura. Semuenzaniso, kugadzira fashoni yefoni "Kuzvitsaurira kwehudiki" muna 1986 ye "Sibylle", akapfura vasikana vashanu masikati vachiri vachipemberera nemhuri dzavo.
Imwe yeanonyanya kufumurwa mabasa maHerler ndiyo nguva yakareba "hupenyu pamwe chete" (Zusammenleleben). Inovhara iyo 1970-1980s uye ihupenyu hwakanyorwa hwezuva nezuva muGDR. Vanhu vari mumifananidzo vari vepanyama sekunge vakabatikana nepfungwa dzavo pachavo kuti vaone kuvapo kwemutorwa. Kunyangwe vakatarisa mukamuri haina kudzvanywa.
"Ndanga ndichitsvaga chokwadi mune yemukati yehupenyu hwevanhu." Zvabviswa pachangu, "mutori wemifananidzo. - Ini handina kutsvaga chero chinhu chinonhuwira, ini ndaida kuwana chimwe chinhu chakasarudzika - kubva kuhukama hwehukama, mhuri uye kusimbiswa, kupererwa, kupererwa, kushamwaridzana. Zvakatanga nechokwadi chekuti aya aive mavara asina kujairika, Vatorwa, vavakidzani, shamwari. Asi kuburikidza nemunhu wese, mubvunzo mumwe wakamutswa: Vanhu vanobatana sei nemumwe?
Mushure mekudonha kweBerlin Wall muna 1990, pamwe chete nemurume wemuenzi wemubatanidzwa, akazova pakati peiyo Fodenary Photo Agency ", kubva pa2000 kusvika muna25 pakanga paine purofesa yemabhizimusi anoshandiswa uye sainzi. Kuda kuziva, kushivirira, kunzwira tsitsi uye kuremekedza ndiko hunhu hukuru, nanhasi, kugona kwejasi remafii, mumwe wevakakurumbira veGerman vatori vechiGerman.
