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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Peter W. Liander - Staten Island, NY
Nov 9, 2006
“I wouldn’t have had the Cold War be extended one more day. We are so lucky it never went hot.”
Ulrich Hacker - Camino, CA
Nov 9, 2006
“Great, I thought, another one of those dumb films showing the Wall coming down, or the East invading, or the West taking over, or something.”
Peggy Morrison - Vienna, VA
Nov 9, 2006
“I remember my parents had the windows rolled down in our car, and the people threw chocolate in our car, and the first western chocolate I tasted was "Hanuta," and I will never forget those pictures for as long as I live.”
Leslie Friedrich - Houston, TX
Nov 6, 2006
“It seemed a horrible inconvenience that I would have to make the best of. Instead, it was a wonderful coincidence for me (the grown-up German major) to be in Germany when the Wall came down!”
Janet Ullrich-Theriot - Lafayette, LA
Nov 3, 2006
“After a short walk through Eschwege and ogling over kiwis, we returned to the border. We actually asked the humble and ridiculous question to an officer of the East German customs office if we may please return again. Our stomachs turned at those words, but we had to, needed to, must return for my dad’s sake.”
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