The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago! Let's celebrate! - General

On the night of the 9th to the 10th November 1989 the "anti-fascist protective barrier" between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany fell after a long on-going peaceful revolution. Germans all over the country are celebrating this special day today and you should, too! If you're uneducated and American like 60 % of FP you can read all about the Iron Curtain and the GDR here: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDR[/url] I'll just fill this thread with pictures and videos. Edit: Youtube went down for maintenance before I could add more videos, will post more later. BBC coverage [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut5t3hWyAwQ&feature=related[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oos7XzQ6OvA[/media] [media][/media] [media][/media] [media][/media] [media][/media] [Img]http://www.lsg.musin.de/geschichte/fortbildungen/EU-50/mauerfall.jpg[/Img] [Img]http://www.dradio.de/images/14056/landscape/[/Img] [Img]http://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/1218634203000/00430/mauerfall2_DW_Berli_430093g.jpg[/Img] [Img]http://www.offenes-presseportal.de/bilder/mauerfall_dg1563g55.jpg[/Img] [Img]http://www.ein-mormone-in-berlin.de/mauerfall.jpg[/Img] [Img]http://www.global-ethic-now.de/abb/0c-politik/01-wandel/3-mauerfall.jpg[/Img] [Img]http://www.tagesspiegel.de/storage/pic/fotos/wirtschaft/283239_1_mauerfall_dpa.jpg[/Img] [img]http://www.moskau.diplo.de/__Zentrale_20Komponenten/Themenpakete/20__Jahre__Mauerfall/Bilder/Mauerfall10,property=Galeriebild__gross.jpg[/img] [Img]http://www.bangkok.diplo.de/__Zentrale_20Komponenten/Themenpakete/20__Jahre__Mauerfall/Bilder/Mauerfall__1989__Begruessung__DDRBuerger2,property=Galeriebild__gross.jpg[/Img] [Img]http://www.lehrte.de/news/00000884/bild0.jpg[/Img] The silly people rating me late probably never heard of timezones.

I was here!

The world was such a happier place back then, wasn't it?<-Sarcasm And plenty of Americans know about this, it gets taught in 7th grade history in my county.

You say peaceful but the Leipzig protest was perilously close to becomming a massacre.

[QUOTE=evilweazel;18281550]The world was such a happier place back then, wasn't it?[/QUOTE] Yes, a lovely glooming world for East Germany! It was fantastic!

Nice generalizations there, OP. [editline]01:51PM[/editline] Actually from what I've been reading in the MW2 threads where everyone's going apeshit I'd say your right. Forget about it. I wish I could have been alive when it happened.

[QUOTE=evilweazel;18281550]The world was such a happier place back then, wasn't it? And plenty of Americans know about this, it gets taught in 7th grade history in my county.[/QUOTE] Sure it was, that's why people were trying to break down the wall and escape it's happiness, right?

[img]http://papelpop.com/euquero/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Berlin_Wall_Trabant_grafitti.jpg[/img] Gotta love those Trabants.

[QUOTE=MachiniOs;18281556]You say peaceful but the Leipzig protest was perilously close to becomming a massacre.[/QUOTE] It was oftentimes very close to escalating (especially on the night of the 9th) but the beauty of the whole story is that the wall fell without real bloodshed.

[img]http://mein-mecklenburg.lexikus.de/mm/images/stories/Kueger/honecker-erich.jpg[/img] Den Sozialismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf.

It feels like it fell down only yesterday.

[QUOTE=Poltergeist Three;18281652]It was oftentimes very close to escalating (especially on the night of the 9th) but the beauty of the whole story is that the wall fell without real bloodshed.[/QUOTE] Besides those who got flattened by the wall (see second picture). :v:

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." [editline]08:14PM[/editline] [img]http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/reaganberlinwall.jpg[/img]:patriot:

wat nocked it down? y cant they juts rebuilt it?

[quote][img]http://www.dradio.de/images/14056/landscape/[/img][/quote] the soldiers look like [b]wat[/b]

I wonder if the graffiti artists were mad

[QUOTE=Samoht;18281903]wat nocked it down? y cant they juts rebuilt it?[/QUOTE] shut up

Yay! Communism has been dead for 20 years!

[img]http://maurice.gmod.de/Untitled3.png[/img]

I'm American and I know about this. What a Twist!!

[QUOTE=RusMar;18282069]I'm American and I know about this.[/QUOTE] Don't take everything so personal I'm American too. :colbert:

[QUOTE=Poltergeist Three;18281524] The silly people rating me late probably never heard of timezones.[/QUOTE] There are already 3 threads, 1 In The News, and 2 in GD (Yours and mine).

[QUOTE=MachiniOs;18282181]There are already 3 threads, 1 In The News, and 2 in GD (Yours and mine).[/QUOTE] I saw the one in the news but I couldn't find yours when I searched for it prior to making the thread. goddamn you did make your thread really early though so i couldn't find it

Thread music: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I&feature=related[/media] Today my German teacher had her mother who grew up with the Berlin Wall come into class, we got to ask questions. It was pretty cool

The Berlin Wall never fell, anyone who tells you otherwise is a Communist. The entire concept it a clever propaganda scheme developed to make you think the Cold War is over, but the Cold War is never over.

[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;18282343]The Berlin Wall never fell, anyone who tells you otherwise is a Communist. The entire concept it a clever propaganda scheme developed to make you think the Cold War is over, but the Cold War is never over.[/QUOTE] Theoretically speaking

It's a fact. Anyone who denies it is a Red.

I have an old thermometer somewhere that has "Made in West Germany" etched into the wood. Invokes a reaction of "heh, cool" every time I see it.

The Cold War is still going on though, right? :downs:

Yes.