Montag, 10. November 2014

9.November 2014 - 25 Jahre danach....After 25 years in Berlin



Offenbar doch nicht 8000, sondern 6880 leuchtende Ballons erinnerten zum Mauerfall-Jubiläum an die Berliner Mauer. Am Abend des 9. November stiegen sie in den Himmel.-

"Numerous events were held this weekend across Berlin, Germany, remembering the November 9, 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall that once divided the city. A project called "Lichtgrenze 2014" (literally "Lightborder 2014") was erected, temporarily dividing the city once more with a line of 8,000 (in fact 6880) illuminated balloons along the 9.5 mile (15.3 kilometer) path once occupied by the Berlin Wall. The weekend was capped off by a large concert at Brandenburg Gate, attended by thousands."


Photo source: Kay Nietfeld/dpa
 
"This weekend, Germany will observe the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began erecting the barrier in 1961, building on existing checkpoints, and fortified it over nearly 30 years: The initial waist-high wooden gates gave way to massive concrete structures with buffer zones known as "death strips." The Berlin Wall was intended to halt the steady stream of defections from the Eastern Bloc; during its existence, only about 5,000 people managed to cross over, escaping into West Berlin. More than 100 are believed to have been killed in the attempt, most shot by East German border guards. In 1989, waves of protest in East Berlin and a flood of defections through neighboring Hungary and Czechoslovakia led the government to finally allow free passage across the border. West German citizens swarmed the wall, pulling parts of it down with hammers and machinery, an act that set the stage for Germany's reunification." [36 photos]


Bernauer Straße am Mauerpark/Photo:Matthias Lüedecke

Ich habe nie wirklich aufgeschrieben, wie ich den Mauerfall vor 25 Jahren erlebt habe. Das muss ich irgendwann mal tun. -

I have never written down how I have experienced the fall of the wall 25 years ago, one day I have to do it.


Sources & more:
- The Berlin Wall, 25 Years After the Fall/ The Atlantic 04.11.2014 (36 photos)
- 25 Jahre danach - So feiert Berlin/FAZ 09.11.2014 (photos)
- Hunderttausende feiern in Berlin den Mauerfall/Zeit 09.11.2014

Maybe also of interest:
- Keine Macht für niemand /Spiegel 05.10.2012


Related:
- 9 November/ 09.11.2009