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January 17, 2006
And the wall came down
I am putting together material for a discussion of Tom Friedman's "flatteners", including the fall of the Berlin wall, and found this excellent personal account, by Andreas Ramos, of what happened. I didn't get to see this myself, but my parents went to Berlin for New Year's 1989 and told stories of thousands of people - some in suit and tie - chipping down the wall by hand. And I remember a German systems developer we had working for us, who sat all day by the radio with tears streaming down his cheeks.
What a day, what a moment.
Posted by Espen at January 17, 2006 9:21 AM
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I think you would find Anna Funder's "Stasiland - stories from behind the Berlin wall" interesting, Espen.
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1862076553/qid=1137623637/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/203-2884823-2745514)
Posted by: asmund at January 18, 2006 11:44 PM
Thanks for the tip - have reserved it at the library.
Posted by: Espen at January 19, 2006 9:39 AM