20 years ago...

[KOM.Nausicaa]

....the WALL came down.

 

[Naismith]

OMG seems like only yesterday.

 

[FlyTexas]

I remember the feeling of total shock watching the news and seeing all of those people standing on top of the wall. Amazing.

Brian

 

[Bjoern]

Just texted my parents, who are celebrating right now at the former Bornholmer Strasse checkpoint (or somewhere in the area).

The message was something like "Happy fall of the wall, comerades!"

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

I was stationed in Berlin at that time and remember it vividly

 

[kilo delta]

Of course we all know that "The Hoff" David Hasslehoff, was instrumental in the re-unification of Germany

 

[Panther_99FS]

Hard to believe it was that long ago.....

 

[lifejogger]

Gosh, twenty years ago. Where has the time gone.

 

[Rich]

I was stationed in Berlin before it went up, they built it 6 weeks after I left on another posting, someone must have let slip I had gone !

I was stationed in Berlin at that time and remember it vividly

 

[Bjoern]

Of course we all know that "The Hoff" David Hasslehoff, was instrumental in the re-unification of Germany

One should know that he was actually referring to this in his song "I've been looking for freedom"...

 

[Quicksand]

Twenty-eight years ago, my Mom, who came to the US in '57, died without knowing the fate of her cousins who happened to be on the wrong side of that wall. I just wish she could have lived to see it come down. She prayed so hard every day that she might find out what happened to her kin... I looked over to the East side as a boy between '69 and 75', and I, through my young eyes, could never fathom how one man could do this to another. Thank God it is no more.....

 

[cheezyflier]

few people know that the real reason the wall came down is because they just weren't that good at building walls. once they saw the reaction the rest of the world gave them, they were like
"ummm... yeah! we meant to do that!"

 

[Quicksand]

I just hope that the lesson learned is not forgotten...

 

[Bjoern]

few people know that the real reason the wall came down is because they just weren't that good at building walls. once they saw the reaction the rest of the world gave them, they were like
"ummm... yeah! we meant to do that!"

It wasn't just the wall that killed people, it was the border guards, watch dogs, traps and anti-personnel mines that did.

A few metres of concrete alone don't manage to stop anyone. It was more symbolic than of any use.

 

[cheezyflier]

you're right of course. i somehow thought my attempt at levity would be obvious. maybe i should have used more smileys.

 

[boxcar]

.
Sure doesn't seem that long ago, though it certainly was.
Before you know it the groundhogs'll be bringing our mail.
.

 

[Bjoern]

you're right of course. i somehow thought my attempt at levity would be obvious. maybe i should have used more smileys.

Yeah. Sarcasm is quite hard to detect over the internet.

 

[Henry]

Yeah. Sarcasm is quite hard to detect over the internet.

yup sadly thats true
but at least
its gone "the wall that is"
and hopefully a lot of other walls
between the human race
tis a small world
and we are all in it
H