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In reply to the discussion: 25 years ago tonight: "Did you just hear what I just heard?" [View all]DFW
(54,365 posts)37. My wife is German
In those days, I wasn't a full time resident of Germany, and so we took off for weekends together when we were in the same country at the same time whenever we could. This one time happened to be a momentous day in history--something we obviously never foresaw when we took the train up to Hamburg that afternoon.
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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