Berlin Honours Those That Died Crossing the Wall
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Berlin Honours Those That Died Crossing the Wall
Berlin's mayor stated yesterday that he was appalled some Germans were nostalgic for the Berlin Wall and supported a newly fashionable leftist view that there were legitimate factors for creating it in 1961. At a sombre ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the wall's construction, Mayor Klaus Wowereit, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff paid tribute towards the 136 folks killed attempting to get over the wall to West Berlin.
Mr Wowereit said the wall, toppled in 1989, ought to serve as a reminder of freedom and democracy around the globe. Church bells pealed when trains and visitors came to a standstill at noon across the city for a moment of silence for the victims.
"We don't have any tolerance for those who nostalgically distort the history of the Berlin Wall and Germany's division," Mr Wowereit said in the ceremony in front of a little section of the wall recently rebuilt for posterity. "The wall was part of a dictatorship," he stated. "And it's alarming that even at this time many people argue there had been superior factors to develop the wall. No! There's no legitimate reason, nor justification, for violating human rights and for killings."
The shock over the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 is still palpable half a century later. "We couldn't believe it happened and we all felt numb when we initial saw it," stated Harry Dieter, 80, a retired West Berlin city official who was on honeymoon in Italy when the wall was very first built.
"No 1 ever thought they would do that," he added. "I keep in mind searching in the barbed wire plus the cement and hoping it wouldn't take lengthy for someone to order it taken down. Sadly, the order by no means came."
He and his wife, Doris, 72, have recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. "It's naturally far better that Berlin is Berlin once more and we're no longer divided," stated Mrs Dieter. "But, however, there's still a bit of an invisible 'Wall' in some people's minds, which I fear will last a though."Berlin Honours Those That Died Crossing the Wall
Berlin's mayor stated yesterday that he was appalled some Germans were nostalgic for the Berlin Wall and supported a newly fashionable leftist view that there were legitimate factors for creating it in 1961. At a sombre ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the wall's construction, Mayor Klaus Wowereit, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff paid tribute towards the 136 folks killed attempting to get over the wall to West Berlin.
Mr Wowereit said the wall, toppled in 1989, ought to serve as a reminder of freedom and democracy around the globe. Church bells pealed when trains and visitors came to a standstill at noon across the city for a moment of silence for the victims.
"We don't have any tolerance for those who nostalgically distort the history of the Berlin Wall and Germany's division," Mr Wowereit said in the ceremony in front of a little section of the wall recently rebuilt for posterity. "The wall was part of a dictatorship," he stated. "And it's alarming that even at this time many people argue there had been superior factors to develop the wall. No! There's no legitimate reason, nor justification, for violating human rights and for killings."
The shock over the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 is still palpable half a century later. "We couldn't believe it happened and we all felt numb when we initial saw it," stated Harry Dieter, 80, a retired West Berlin city official who was on honeymoon in Italy when the wall was very first built.
"No 1 ever thought they would do that," he added. "I keep in mind searching in the barbed wire plus the cement and hoping it wouldn't take lengthy for someone to order it taken down. Sadly, the order by no means came."
He and his wife, Doris, 72, have recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. "It's naturally far better that Berlin is Berlin once more and we're no longer divided," stated Mrs Dieter. "But, however, there's still a bit of an invisible 'Wall' in some people's minds, which I fear will last a though."Berlin Honours Those That Died Crossing the Wall
