Wednesday, October 03, 2007

wordless wednesday [ 68 ] : the wall in 1987

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Just a short, hidden note: I visited Berlin for the first time in 1987 and we visited the "other" side as part of an organized bus tour, which only lasted a couple of hours and showed only the very best... The wall came down in Nov 1989. German reunification was concluded on October 3rd, 1990 and since then it is a holiday in Germany. Mr Mar was lucky enough not to have seen his family separated by the wall but I don't want a sad post here: I only wanted to have a few pics saved here for posterity, happy Wednesday! And below you see Mr Mar , who went up the provided platform to have a peek over the wall...


52 comments:

  1. wow, thank you so much for that. Being an American and not well traveled until very recently, that was something I heard about and just able to imaging how it was. Very good WW. Thanks for sharing that.

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  2. What a great WW entry! Thanks! :-))
    And Happy Celebration! :-)

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  3. Oh, this is so cool.
    We will be visiting Berlin at the half term break this month. I am very excited to see the city!

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  4. Excellent. I loved how that wall came done...without a shot fired. Have a great WW. :)

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  5. Beautiful! I lived in Germany for four years and miss it a lot! Happy WW!

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  6. How things have changed! Happy WW :)

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  7. I for one, was very glad to see it go. It's interesting to see your pictures though.

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  8. I loved in Berlin the summer of 1989 before the Wall came down. Times were tense then. What a happy day it was when the Wall came down and Germany was unified!

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  9. Great photos Mar. My only visit to Berlin was in the 80s when the wall was still up. One piece of grafitti on the Western side of teh wall did amuse me: "Warning! Practice area for East German Pole Vault Team"

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  10. Brings it all back. To think it wasn't so long ago. This is a great post considering Ken Burns's documentary is running. What horrible foolishness all of that was. Thanks for some great pics.

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  11. I was 17 and in my last year of school when that happened. We didn't have a TV, but I remember getting myself to the nearest one when I heard what was happening. I remember watching and crying and not really knowing why -- seeings as I have no known relatives from Germany or even Europe. But what a momentus, powerful, and awe-inspiring event! Thanks for sharing the anniversary with us and the pictures, too.

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  12. wonderful entry! for tomorrow's holiday.

    Guten Abend Herr Mar!

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  13. Well, it's a part of modern european history.
    I went to Berlin - by boat (sic) in 1965. And was immidiatly put in a military jail when passing the frontier between BDR and DDR.

    Great entry

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  14. A great entry for this week's WW. I remember seeing the wall coming down, on the evening news. Happy WW!

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  15. These were fantastic! My favorite so far!! I love how it all came crumbling down.

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  16. I love your interesting shots. I think your pictures are good enough for a history textbook (= Have fun and thanks for the visit (=

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  17. I remember quite well when that happened. A few years later, Raleigh was the recipient of a huge chunk of the wall, and I remember seeing it for the first time and wondering how mamny people had touched that portion - on both sides of the wall. It was a very sobering thought.

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  18. What a great post. You put pictures to the stories we all heard for so long. Happy WW!

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  19. very interesting. i like how you did this post. thanks for sharing.

    happy ww

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  20. You're so great at bringing history to us first hand.

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  21. My husband has been there, I have not...Great entry!

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  22. That would have been something to see...great shots:)

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  23. wonderful shots!
    very appropriate for the country's holiday. :)

    happy WW

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  24. I remember when that wall came down -- what a great day!

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  25. Bravo Mar, a very good post ! I always forget that since the fall of the wall the national day is now on October 3 ! I was so used to the 17 Juni although I have never seen anything else than a day off and therefore a changed TV program.
    In 1959 when I came to Belgium it was not very well seen to be German. Everybody told me how much they had suffered during the war and all Germans were bad except me of course. I learned very quickly not to be German ! It's only now in the generation of my son people who are around 30 they are not ashamed anymore to be German. I was 2 years old when the war ended ! The last slap in my face I got in 1992 when I wanted to visit my son who worked in London and he told me not to say that I am german ! It touched me very much because I thought that now in the second generation after the war Hitler's phantom is still there.

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  26. Oh wow. I would love to visit the Berlin Wall. Thanks for the pics and write-up.

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  27. Great entry Mar! What a piece of history!

    Happy Wednesday my friend!

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  28. Beautiful photos :)

    Thanks for the visit.

    Happy WW!

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  29. History before our eyes, Mar....I have mixed feelings about Germany, I'm sorry to say, but that is the thruth of it.

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  30. I can't believe it's nearly been 20 years since the wall came down. These are great photos - a reminder of a different time.

    I'm trying this week to look a bit more thoroughly at the WW sites and just wanted to say that I really like yours - beautiful photos and nice writing! All the best.

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  31. Brilliant shots of a very different time.

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  32. This brings back loads of memories... Berlin was my home until 1984. The first time I saw it without the wall was for Christmas in 2005.
    Gosh! Where has the time gone!!?

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  33. What a great shot! Happy WW!

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  34. It's nice to read (and see) something 'bout Germany. I thought of writing something about "Tag der deutschen Einheit". But I decided to just post another funny pic.

    Please stop by if you like to.

    Hugs and happy WW,
    Sonny
    aka
    Sweet like Kitty

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  35. Wow, we are part German and my son went to Berlin this summer and the pictures are so modern and sleek very different

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  36. My husband lived there in the 70's and 80's as a teenager..

    God bless,
    Sallie

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  37. This was just a super share Mar. I'm so glad that wall is gone...

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  38. would love to visit the historic place ... :)
    happy WW

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  39. VERY interesting mar!! Very interesting. Thanks for the story behind the photos too, it helped to get another person's perspective.

    My W W is a flower, if you can find time, drop by!!

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  40. What a great post.
    Thank you for sharing
    Happy WW

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  41. Wow great pictures. I'm sure it was an emotional trip!

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  42. I was in high school when the wall came down. I remember watching TV and getting the word that it was all over.

    And I do still get chills when I hear Reagan's speech, "Mr. Gorbachev, Mr. Garbachev, tear down this wall!"

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  43. Very cool pics...and great back story!

    Bradley
    The Egel Nest

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  44. Wow, history in the making. Not a sad post, but really amazing!

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  45. What a great post. I remember watching the wall come down on tv and wishing I could be there.

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  46. Very interesting post Mar! Just today I helpt Mélissa to do her historia homework and it spoke about the reunification between the two Germania!!! I remember the day the wall felt! I was with my german teacher and it was a beautiful event! We thought to people, to families who were separated since a so long time. Hope all walls there are still in the world will fallen too one day!

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  47. Thank you for sharing this with us!! Happy WW!

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  48. I remember the Wall coming down, sitting hunched in front of the TV watching events unfold.

    I have seen interviews with families split by the Wall and they were enough to break your heart.

    Good riddance to the Wall!

    cq

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  49. amazing entry. (I don't participate in Wordless Wednesday)
    I was in Berlin in 2003 for the first time. I went all over the city and saw what was left of the wall. Unbelievable. I will never forget watching the fall of the wall on TV in 89.
    We went to the Jewish museum in Berlin, what an amazing place!

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  50. those are really important photos and I'm glad you posted them.

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  51. I come from Germany, but not from Berlin. These are good pictures. Great.

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  52. there should be a sign at the old berlin wall witch says:

    last coke for 3000 miles

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