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In reply to the discussion: 25 years ago tonight: "Did you just hear what I just heard?" [View all]DFW
(54,338 posts)7. It's very difficult to convey verbally
The whole country was just electrified. NOTHING else was on anyone's mind. There was some anticipation and apprehensiveness, but most people were just relieved that the whole Wall stigma was over. There was always the possibility that they'd take it all back, of course, but since Gorbachëv had given his tacit blessing, no one expected a reversal. It was sort of a 180° version of the Chicago police riot of 1968. There, they shouted "The whole world's watching," meaning shame on our country.
In Germany, that night, the attitude was also "The whole world's watching," but with an undercurrent of "we can do this without a shot being fired, just watch us." And so they did.
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I've said it before- Thank you for taking us along to this significant time in history.
NBachers
Nov 2014
#5
"The activists also called upon Palestinians to unite and take part in the battle for Jerusalem"
DFW
Nov 2014
#9
The Germans accomplished it without a battle because the guards were ordered to stand down
Scootaloo
Nov 2014
#20
There is an interview going on right now with the main guard at the first border crossing to fall
DFW
Nov 2014
#30
but lots of shots had been fired, for many years.. looking ahead, one day all these walls come down.
Voice for Peace
Nov 2014
#22
(If only we could think of Citizens United as our own Berlin Wall, and push it over.........)
lastlib
Nov 2014
#13