DW The Day July 13, 2024
Sought freedom. I honor the 75000 people who were imprisoned because they attempted to flee east germany. This place and this day remind us of the great historical achievement. So after decades of living with a Border Patrol by ruthless armed guards under orders to shoot on sight anyone who tried to escape the east freedom which had seemed unimaginable in berlin i arrived in november 1989 and we just walked right through without being stopped it was fantastic and what my mother and my father over there can i go over there and see my parents yes. Welcome to the. Day germany has been marking the...