Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Berlin Wall: The Real History of the Fall

Monday November 9, 2009, The Wisdom of Dave

Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall came down. As a young adult I remember watching the coverage as the first opening at the Brandenburg Gate in the wall that had long separated the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic was about to come down.

As the crowds cheered and young men and women climbed on top of the wall and their elders who had seen the wall grow up between the German people since World War II, waited with mixed joy and anxiety as the moment came that the wall should open for the first time. (link)

Comment: This is a great post from a fellow bogger.

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