A miracle it seemed to come to pass in the morning which it appeared so in the bible was pierced the town it was then and now hes now so we are just 30 years since the fall of the girl in wool what happens to the euphoria. Thanks very much for joining us and with me in the studio today i have got linda fear eka who grew up in the former g. D. R. And was 7 years old when the wall came down today she works as a reporter here d. W. And just completed a documentary about the full of the war and linda says its only now free decades after the wall came down that we realize how radical the change was for people in the east also with us is anglofrench Catherine Nicholson shes European Affairs editor with the broadcast of france 20. And believes that permanent euphoria is realistic its boring porton to learn lessons from the past. And a warm welcome to superstition freelance journalists only paterson who witnessed the fall of the wall 1st round he points out the 30 years on from the fall of the
By east german Border Guards either from the towers around me or from patrol boats on the river behind me and now behind me you can see these lit up blue posts these are mark the border itself which of this part of the city was directly in the river and 10 people died just here trying to cross from communist east berlin into the west in total over a 1000 people died trying to escape east germany and so its really no wonder that in 1909 when the border opened people came down to the wall with. Picks with hammers and they wanted to just get rid of the wall and the only reason that this stretch of the wall survived is down to the efforts of a group of artists. The east time gallery was started in february 990. 00. Were invited to paint and original potion of the wool but then the initiative was designed to help east german autists he would suddenly been left without an income but in those exciting days of the full mccomas state opening up came from the life of the world. When berlin was d
In the times when your best stats up fans rang in the historic occasion with a flurry of file well which they found fitting a week before the 30th anniversary of the full of the walk. In lay the crews in League Leading black had the chance to make history 2 with their best season stuff in 42 years. While another eastern club like 6 also made history. The biggest time when they got in bundesliga history and face undefeated bulls book as their coach passed a personal milestone to be poor for a week with the classic christmas and then buy ins visit to frank 1st robot love until he had his own record to chase. Scene. Outside of that by and had very little. To celebrate because i certainly wont forget a visit to frankfurt any time soon and especially not what happened in the white of that much. Its time to say good bye in the cocoa vouch after by ends crushing defeat in frankfurts in iraq was coming. Yeah we know how these things work so everyone can relax she went relax probably isnt the r
Hello im kristie one to welcome to news africa its good to have you along its been 30 years since the wall off the island fell marking a turning point in european history germany as we know it today used to be 2 separate countries communist east germany often referred to as the g. D. R. And capitalist west germany not inspect germany was already east germany was backed by the soviets was behind the iron curtain and a sealed border separated the 2 germanys while the war in berlin became a symbol for the separation and the date off its fall on the 9th of november 1809. 00 is commemorated in ri unified germany now to commemorate the 30th anniversary off this event a team off africa journalists traveled along the former border here all their impressions. Well you have to imagine 30 years ago there was like the burden was and we had this berlin wall here right on our border to what was then the west germany. We were here in fact are we have been cut off not only from the west but also from
Eastern german city of the one thing that hasnt changed there is the construction of cars a tradition dating back to 9904 its where the iconic truck was produced in the days of communist east germany. Took over the company in 1900 modernize the plant now its really engineering the business one small to make electric cars joining a revolution of a different type the green push towards a mobility something good for the planet this time as opposed to the trouble which is germans waited years to get their hands on and despite conjuring up feelings of nostalgia really did stick. This 2 stroke engine belongs to a church and its a car you would have seen all over the east german roads 30 years ago and said trickles that its a very practical vehicle when so good you could repair pretty much everything yourself from the belts and the commission coils to spark plugs you could access everything and fix it fast this was the 1st car i had as a student. These days you can find the socalled troubles