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place and this day remind us of a great historical achievement. and may remind us that today we europeans are united in joy you know. so and so i m going to find the chapel of reconciliation was built on the former death strip where the east german government demolished a church 4 years before the wall fell this chapel hosts regular ceremonies in honor of those who died during germany s years of division. is that in that i would like to honor those who were killed near the wall because they sought freedom. i honor the 75000 people who were imprisoned because they attempted to flee east germany the 9th of november is a day of destiny a day of horrible and also joyful moments in history that reminds us that hate racism and anti-semitism must be fought. and.
also of the leaders of those 4 eastern european countries that we saw in our report i m not such the leaders and not only the leaders but also young people he referred to the political and the personal implications not only of. such of those 28 years that germany was divided but as well that 9th on november 989 the date of the burden for the wall fell and what came afterwards so our socks what we discovered today what we realized today right here at the piano was tossed morial was in a way a commemoration in various levels of commemoration in a personal level but also commemoration in a political level and something else that i believe was particularly important is the fact that lessons can be drawn from the 9th of november and that was something that was also stressor day in particular by the young people attending what they can learn from that very important day and what that means not only for them but also for the future of germany and thomas also the chancellor herself talked
mooned him had no idea that chris cared for i would be the last german killed on the border some very emotional testimony from chris cuffe roy s mother gary hart what happened after he was shot dead where he was cremated and then buried in a very modest ceremony his family was put under immense pressure not to talk about the circumstances of his death because it was always source of embarrassment for the east german regime for the border guards they for border guards who were actually shooting at him they received a commendation and cash bonus of 115 months but that wasn t the end of the story for them after german reunification those responsible for the killings at the wall were put on trial and off the 4 border guards who were involved with this guy for
the iron curtain is now history that s what these young people say they are from the so-called visit grad countries in poland the czech republic slovakia and hungary their message 30 years after the fall of the wall europe stands united and in his speech german president flung fighter steinmeyer emphasized the role of east european countries before the fall of the wall the openly demonstrated for more freedom. didn t move out or didn t fire its been born without the courage and desire for freedom that motivated the poles hunger ariens czechs and slovaks the peaceful revolutions in eastern europe and german reunification would not have been possible. guns on. this