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9 November 1989


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The Wall Came Down

 

Brothers and Sisters torn apart 

Longed for each other with pain in the heart

Mothers in tears held their arms toward the sky

"Where are my children, who took them and why"

A wall stood between them and gave them no rest

The wall in Berlin, between East and West.

Thousands tried passing, were caught and would fall

She claimed her victims, the cursed wall

But their longing and pain was stronger than fear

As they tried to come home year after year.

Their country divided, that's why they tried

And their hope for reunion never died.

East Germans, West Germans all felt the same

Through tunnels and over the Wall they came.

Many were captured, suffered torture and shame

Still they fought that wall again and again.

At Last their pain gave birth to a cry

"Free us! Unite us! before we all die"

Against their oppressors their outrage they hurled

And their plea found an echo all over the world,

Then they marched, like in battle, with tools in their hand,

And attacked the concrete that divided their land.

Each chip that fell, fell toward victories crown

And they never stopped till the wall was down

Through blood and through tears, through sorrow and strife

East Germany kept her dream alive

And today, 1990, October three

There's no East, there's no West, they are one, they are "Free!"

by Ruth Carlson BerlinWallFall1.JPG 

May G-d bless the freedom we have and give us the power and the will to protect it.

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The Wall Came Down

 

Brothers and Sisters torn apart 

Longed for each other with pain in the heart

Mothers in tears held their arms toward the sky

"Where are my children, who took them and why"

A wall stood between them and gave them no rest

The wall in Berlin, between East and West.

Thousands tried passing, were caught and would fall

She claimed her victims, the cursed wall

But their longing and pain was stronger than fear

As they tried to come home year after year.

Their country divided, that's why they tried

And their hope for reunion never died.

East Germans, West Germans all felt the same

Through tunnels and over the Wall they came.

Many were captured, suffered torture and shame

Still they fought that wall again and again.

At Last their pain gave birth to a cry

"Free us! Unite us! before we all die"

Against their oppressors their outrage they hurled

And their plea found an echo all over the world,

Then they marched, like in battle, with tools in their hand,

And attacked the concrete that divided their land.

Each chip that fell, fell toward victories crown

And they never stopped till the wall was down

Through blood and through tears, through sorrow and strife

East Germany kept her dream alive

And today, 1990, October three

There's no East, there's no West, they are one, they are "Free!"

by Ruth Carlson BerlinWallFall1.JPG 

May G-d bless the freedom we have and give us the power and the will to protect it.

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my_berlin ----> Thank you - those were wonderful times indeed. Who in our generation would have ever thought the wall would have come down...

It saddens me that today's generations are more interested in blowjobs than great moments that changed the world.

Here is a small montage by the way of Rastrapovich's impromptu cello performance at the wall on 11 November 1989 and Bernstein's "Ode to Freedom" at the Schauspielhaus on 25 December:

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I watched an excellent documentary last night on TV about the Wall that divided and the attempts of East citizens escaping and the different methods they used.

God bless them all and freedom is certainly a big part of any ones life!

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