25 years ago today, the unbelievable happened: The Berlin Wall fell. It was the German dream, the German goal to tear down that wall and reunify, and it was always believed that it WOULD one day happen. But the might of the Soviet Union was so present and imminent, that nobody could believe it would happen in our lifetimes. The suddenness of the fall of the wall, the iron curtain, and the Soviet Union caught us all by surprise, and produced a state of absolute dream-like Euphoria. To see people standing on the wall and taking hammer, chisel, and pick-axe to it openly, en masse, where formerly people had been shot or chased down by dogs for so much as trying to cross it to go see their families... it was unreal, and fantastic. It was a night to be proud of being German, and to be proud of being American, and to be proud of my father as an American soldier, who helped hold the line against the Soviet Union, who helped wear down that empire, and who helped lead to the destruction of that barrier against German and human unity and dignity. https://youtube/watch?v=fK1MwhEDjHg
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 14:59:52 +0000
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