Berlin '89

Skybird · 11-09-09, 08:40 AM

I just had left Westberlin only some days before, moving from my parent's household to my first all-alone appartement in Osnabrück, and starting study at university. All new to me. I took note of the events, but honestly said - for the most I had other things on my mind. So many things in my life just were in a chnage, and so much was new.

Seeing the pictures nevertheless still is a moving experience. So many things could have gone wrong, resulting in utmost violence and cival-war like scenes.

Other people had done things in their countries before without which the peaceful revolution in germany would not have been possible. The Poles. The Hungarians. Gorbatchev.

That'S what it was indeed: a revolution. the wall did not come down by itself. It was brought to a fall with determination, fighting spirit and willingness to take enormous risks by many Eastgermans marching in the streets. And really, the risks for their health and safety was real, very real.

Many people wearing the uniforms of the hungarian border patrols or the Eastgerman police, found themselves suddenly in situations were they had to make a decision all by themselves - and many put their humanity over their uniform's obligations. These people can and should be as proud as those who found the courage to resist the regime and turned to the streets.

Rhodes · 11-09-09, 12:11 PM

I had 7 years old! I remember seeing the news on tv and my parents talking about it and I was completly east of the matter. I ask about what was the Berling Wall and what was all the commotions about it.
Funny thing was, during that time the second series of mission impossible (the 89 one) was being transmitedhere on tv. And the episode of that week was one that they smugle 2 persons trought the Wall. My father laught about and said that when they film this ep, there was still a wall.

AVGWarhawk · 11-09-09, 12:53 PM

I was just out of college. I first remembered a book I read as a kid that concerned some folks making a balloon and basket to get over the wall. I think there was a movie made about it as well. I then thought what an odd thing this wall this day in age. On one side of the wall enjoyed of all things something as simple as a bananna. The other side did not. Strange indeed.

Carotio · 11-09-09, 02:39 PM

I had just turned 15, and I was watching it live at the tv with my family.
However, I did not visit Berlin till October 1991, which was 1 year after the unification, and 2 years after the fall. The new Germany was very young so I could still sence a bit of the past GDR (DDR), and I got a ride in a Trabant...

This message is btw being written while the domino wall is just about to fall in Berlin...

Some videos have been posted on youtube, and I will collect some at SHMF:
http://www.silenthuntermods.com/foru...hp?topic=328.0

Task Force · 11-09-09, 02:56 PM

sniff... about 4 or 5 years before my time... anywho was gonna post on this topic but was at school all day...

yay for the fall of the wall!

Skybird · 11-09-09, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Carotio

and I got a ride in a Trabant...

Hehe, almost noboy here calls them "Trabant". They are called "Trabbi".

11-09-09, 08:40 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,778 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I just had left Westberlin only some days before, moving from my parent's household to my first all-alone appartement in Osnabrück, and starting study at university. All new to me. I took note of the events, but honestly said - for the most I had other things on my mind. So many things in my life just were in a chnage, and so much was new. Seeing the pictures nevertheless still is a moving experience. So many things could have gone wrong, resulting in utmost violence and cival-war like scenes. Other people had done things in their countries before without which the peaceful revolution in germany would not have been possible. The Poles. The Hungarians. Gorbatchev. That'S what it was indeed: a revolution. the wall did not come down by itself. It was brought to a fall with determination, fighting spirit and willingness to take enormous risks by many Eastgermans marching in the streets. And really, the risks for their health and safety was real, very real. Many people wearing the uniforms of the hungarian border patrols or the Eastgerman police, found themselves suddenly in situations were they had to make a decision all by themselves - and many put their humanity over their uniform's obligations. These people can and should be as proud as those who found the courage to resist the regime and turned to the streets. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

11-09-09, 12:11 PM	#2
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,522 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	I had 7 years old! I remember seeing the news on tv and my parents talking about it and I was completly east of the matter. I ask about what was the Berling Wall and what was all the commotions about it. Funny thing was, during that time the second series of mission impossible (the 89 one) was being transmitedhere on tv. And the episode of that week was one that they smugle 2 persons trought the Wall. My father laught about and said that when they film this ep, there was still a wall. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

11-09-09, 12:53 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,303 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I was just out of college. I first remembered a book I read as a kid that concerned some folks making a balloon and basket to get over the wall. I think there was a movie made about it as well. I then thought what an odd thing this wall this day in age. On one side of the wall enjoyed of all things something as simple as a bananna. The other side did not. Strange indeed. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-09-09, 02:39 PM	#4
Carotio Mr. Bad Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aabenraa, Denmark Posts: 1,488 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	I had just turned 15, and I was watching it live at the tv with my family. However, I did not visit Berlin till October 1991, which was 1 year after the unification, and 2 years after the fall. The new Germany was very young so I could still sence a bit of the past GDR (DDR), and I got a ride in a Trabant... This message is btw being written while the domino wall is just about to fall in Berlin... Some videos have been posted on youtube, and I will collect some at SHMF: http://www.silenthuntermods.com/foru...hp?topic=328.0 __________________ Download my mods from SHMF Follow my photography here taler dansk, speak English, spreche Deutsch, parle français, forstår svenska/norsk, comprendo castellano

11-09-09, 02:56 PM	#5
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	sniff... about 4 or 5 years before my time... anywho was gonna post on this topic but was at school all day... yay for the fall of the wall! __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"