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20 years since the Berlin Wall came down, Can you believe it!
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08/11/2009, 06:47 PM
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My DP is from the (former) East Germany and the anniversary is always an emotional time for him. He was 17 at the time of the fall and was part of an underground youth movement, pushing for reunification. They held meetings in secret locations, as being heard to discuss potential reunification could land you in jail or result in you being kicked out of school, your father loosing your job etc. There were Stazi (sp?), who were normal citizens who spied on friends, neighbours, colleagues and reported back any percieved Anti-East behaviour. So people just didn't trust anyone.
It took DP many months to actually cross the former border after the wall fell. In fact, his family did it together, hand in hand, lest for some reason the border closed up again. They all still remember the terror/exctiment at the crossing. His aunt was set up as part of an illegal border crossing many years earlier, and was jailed for a few years in terrible conditions. The West Germans "paid" for her release and she will never return to the former East.
One of the most positive big events to have happened in my lifetime I think. And no doubt the most positive, liberating and emotional thing to happen to DP and his family.
This post has been edited by Bimbogirl: 08/11/2009, 06:48 PM
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09/11/2009, 08:04 AM
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Loving the logic of the discrete.
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I know wow 20 years. I remember the disbelief and relief of hearing the news.
A friend of mine brought home a small chunk of the wall. She told us when she checked in at the airport to leave germany, her luggage was insanely over weight. When asked what she had in her luggage, she said a piece of the wall. They smiled and didn't charge her excessive baggage.
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