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Published: 11/10/09

German Reunification: An Eastern -- and Less Triumphant -- Perspective

By  Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily
German Reunification: An Eastern -- and Less Triumphant -- Perspective

Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. And all over Europe and America, the press has been awash with stories of that historic night and all that it symbolized. ...

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Published: 11/6/09

20 Years On, a Street Recalls the Berlin Wall

By  William Boston - AOL News
20 Years On, a Street Recalls the Berlin Wall

BERLIN (Nov. 6) -- Astrid Kaiser still trembles when she remembers being frisked as a child by Red Army guards at the fortified border on Bernauer Strasse, where communist East Germany first began erecting the Berlin Wall on Aug. 13, 1961. "They even searched my doll carriage," says Kaiser, now 58. "I still feel uneasy walking on the eastern side." As Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, this street in its former shadow sums up the mix of pain, hope and nostalgia the wall still inspires. Urban change has erased many of the last vestiges of ...

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