John Lennon Wall ......ahhhh

In Mala Strana, the John Lennon Wall is filled with John Lennon-inspired graffiti and pieces of lyrics from Beatles songs because Lennon was a hero to the pacifist youth of Central and Eastern Europe during the totalitarian era. Prior to 1989 when communism ruled, western pop songs were banned by Communist authorities, and especially John Lennon´s songs, because it was praising freedom that didn’t exist..

The Communist police tried repeatedly to whitewash over the portrait and messages of peace but they could never manage to keep the wall clean.