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50th Anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:26 amby RustyCage
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16049241Germany has marked the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall which dominated the city for over 28 years.
In 1961 communist East Germany decided to block off the streets, cut rail links and begin building a wall of barbed wire and cement to prevent the flow of people to the democratic West.
The sudden move shocked the world and lead to hundreds of deaths as refugees attempted to flee the poverty-stricken East behind the Soviet Iron Curtain.
Re: 50th Anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:05 pmby Pseudo
Seems like a good thread to post this link:
http://www.berlinermauer.se/"This is my husband. His name is the Berlin Wall and he was born on August 13, 1961. I expect you've heard of him; he is quite a celebrity. He lives in Berlin. "I wonder if she baked him a cake?
Re: 50th Anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:15 pmby RustyCage
I don't know if my reaction to that site should be
or
It's quite, um, interesting to say the least!!
Re: 50th Anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:17 pmby Booney
Re: 50th Anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:24 pmby OnSong
Apparently their disagreements can be quite drawn out.
It's like arguing with a......wait a minute....
Re: 50th Anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:36 pmby Booney
"Sometimes, when we argue, I wonder why I bother. It's like hitting my head against...."
Re: 50th Anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:04 pmby smac
Pseudo wrote:Seems like a good thread to post this link:
http://www.berlinermauer.se/"This is my husband. His name is the Berlin Wall and he was born on August 13, 1961. I expect you've heard of him; he is quite a celebrity. He lives in Berlin. "I wonder if she baked him a cake?
A Berliner bun, perhaps?
Although rock cakes may be more to his liking.
Re: 50th Anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall
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Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:03 pmby Sploosh
I was in Berlin for New Year's Eve, end of 1989, and spent some of the evening ON TOP of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate with many other excited folk. I will never forget that atmosphere...
Re: 50th Anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall
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Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:10 pmby Media Park
50th anniversary...
Today is the 1st anniversary of the Ben Cousins doco...
Re: 50th Anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall
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Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:10 pmby fish
Was in Berlin in 1980 and visited East Berlin which was pretty bland I must say.
Visited again in about 1991 after the wall had fallen and it was quite different. Stayed with some "freaks" (German version of hippy/ferals) very close to the old wall site.
Souvenired a few chunks of the wall as well as some old Trabant parts which are all proudly on show at my place...