Here's a look at the first border crossing to open - watch how things change in less than 9 minutes. Realize that you are literally watching people walk into freedom. If you understand German, it's even better because the translation, while fair, misses a lot of things.
Where were you when you heard the wall was down?
(my answer's in the comments)
(my answer's in the comments)
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I remember being 11 (really, only 11??) and in the 6th grade and my dad yelling for us all to come see what was on the TV. I remember my sister and I being told to sit down and watch history in the making. I remember watching armed guards going down watchtower stairs.
This memory was recalled as one year later I signed up for my first German class in 7th grade and did a report on the Berlin Wall. Yes, I started learning German before the spelling reform, and yes, it still causes me problems to this day!
2 years later in 1991, at 13, I was in Berlin, standing before giant slabs of the Berlin wall. My sister and I dug through boxes of rubble that had just been picked off a slab of the Wall, and my dad passed a few Deutschmarks over to a guy sitting on a stool. I then had in my possession my own piece of Berlin wall.
Hello Juliette, I was 11, too. And to tell you the truth it took me a couple of years to understand what really happened. During those 9 minutes the history of Europe changed forever...
I have never been to Berlin, but I hope that I can visit soon.
it´s amazing how emotional it is, even 20 years later.
Thanks for posting that video — I really enjoyed it.
You're right about the translation not quite hitting the mark a lot of the time. The subtitles that were covered up were even worse.
That is so cool! It seems just like yesterday! It is amazing how time does fly.
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