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The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago. Here’s how people who were there in 1989 remember the historic ‘Mauerfall’ today. Checkpoint

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago. Here’s how people who were there in 1989 remember the historic ‘Mauerfall’ today.

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, on November 9, 1989. It was a moment that shocked the world and marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War – culminating in the toppling of the East German communist dictatorship, the reunificat…
bubmag
November 8, 2019
The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago. Here’s how people who were there in 1989 remember the historic ‘Mauerfall’ today. Checkpoint

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago. Here’s how people who were there in 1989 remember the historic ‘Mauerfall’ today.

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, on November 9, 1989.  It was a moment that shocked the world and marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War — culminating in the toppling of the East German communist dictatorship, the reunification of Germany in 1990,…
bubmag
November 8, 2019
How two families fled Communist oppression in East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon – CNET Mexico Border Wall

How two families fled Communist oppression in East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon – CNET

Günter Wetzel and Peter Strelzyk built a hot air balloon from scratch to escape from East Germany with their families in 1979.  Courtesy of Günter Wetzel It was a crisp Saturday in September 1979, and a breeze was blowing strong and steady from the north. …
bubmag
November 8, 2019