Fall of the Berlin Wall - 20 years later
I actually don't remember where I was when I found out that the Berlin Wall fell twenty years ago. Strange because I have such clear memories of other 1980s landmarks like the Challenger explosion. What I do remember most clearly about the reunification of East and West Germany was from German class a few years later. Our textbooks were a few years old, still in good condition, but completely outpaced by the movement of history. Everyday there would be a new page we would read with an outdated cultural reference to a divided Germany. It was the first I'd ever really learned about East Germany - and it sounded terrible.
Share your memory of the fall of the Berlin Wall with us.
A few sites with some great anniversary coverage:
German magazine Der Spiegel has a collection of articles worth reading.
On Tumblr, Best of Life is posting some gripping images out of the Life magazine archives of the Wall throughout its infamous life.
And Magnum has a picture essay of years in East Germany.
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Share your memory of the fall of the Berlin Wall with us.
A few sites with some great anniversary coverage:
German magazine Der Spiegel has a collection of articles worth reading.
On Tumblr, Best of Life is posting some gripping images out of the Life magazine archives of the Wall throughout its infamous life.
And Magnum has a picture essay of years in East Germany.
Recently on the Current News Blog:
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- Al Qaeda has a magazine!
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- Meet Mahmoud Vahidnia: Mathlete, Iranian opposition hero
- Unemployment spikes to 10.2 percent - The Real Recovery
