Wall Stories by Germany.info Readers
On the occasion of the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall we asked our readers, "where were you when the wall came down?" Read what Germany.info readers told us about their personal and moving memories of that historic event.
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Brian Brown - Palatine, IL
Nov 1, 2006
“When we re-grouped to attack again we were given the news of the Wall coming down. There were a lot of hesitant looks between the soldiers and a lot of ‘can we go home now’ questions.”
Doris Eck - Manville, NJ
Oct 31, 2006
“On the other end I heard the voice of my supervisor, totally out of breath, almost shouting. “Aren't you from Berlin, Germany?" I responded, yes, indeed I was, and he told me to turn on the old TV.”
Jens Pfefferkorn - Fair Oaks, CA
Oct 30, 2006
“We had no idea were we were. West Berlin was whited out on our maps. A taxi took us free of charge to the heart of the city, Kurfürstendamm. All pubs were open; it was one huge party.”
Kai-Uwe Adebahr - Lakewood, WA
Oct 26, 2006
“After we drove to our host family for the night, we were greeted graciously and talked until late in the night, exchanging ideas, memories of the last few days and hopes for the future”
Juan Walte - Alexandria, VA
Oct 25, 2006
“Once I walked past the Checkpoint Charlie military post, I took a cab back to my hotel in West Berlin. On the way, the cab driver—and Berlin cab drivers are great conversationalists—asked me if I had heard that the Wall was going to open at midnight.”
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