20 years ago I was a baby

I don’t remember very well the fall of the Berlin Wall. I was a teenager and of course it was a huge event but I don’t remember doing anything special that day

Bises
Moshuo

I was at home, watching TV with my parents!

I guess I was begging to go to the candy store

Damn, you are all very young! I remember I called my friends to watch television. I had some German in my classroom, it was huge for them…. Unforgettable moment…

I have no idea where I was that day

Me neither, sorry.

It’s a European event, I don’t really feel concerned..

It’s so amazing to see Angela Merkel walking cross what was the wall! She lived in East Germany and now she’s Germany’s first chancellor.

This is history and we should never forget that. Walls are useless

Same here Moshuo. Americans are ignorant anyway

Dominoes are great!

Make dominoes, not walls!

Juliette, sometimes walls are needed to protect. We need them in Israel but not for the same reason they did it in Germany. It was not for safety.

Dittta, don’t be rude to yourself

Simcha: A wall remains a wall, it separates people and it’s not the best way to solve a problem. Understanding and respect is the key, wherever there is a wall, there is no peace.

In 1989 I was too young to remember but I know it was a big event. It’s very cool to create such a commemoration altogether

-Meddi

Everyone’s there but where’s Obama?

President Obama sent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, don’t ask me why but this was not very appreciated by the Germans.

Even Russian President Dmitry Medvedev…….. Everybody wanted to be part of the party out there

Just watched the video. A great work has been done with the dominoes, it was a fantastic idea!

To Simcha – I tend to agree with Meddi about the fact walls separate people. But I also understand you need protection in some way but what is also true is that if nobody tries to move on and talk and understand each other, nothing will ever change……. But the Israel/Palestine wall is a complexe situation

Ronald Reagan was there 20 years ago, wasn’t he? So why not Obama in 2009?

Bises
Moshuo

Yeah, I remember Reagan’s speech: ‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!’

So I really don’t get why Barack Obama wasn’t there for the celebration…. Maybe he didn’t want to or maybe he was too busy (Fort Hood). Dunno…

Toby.

It was a beautiful celebration and it brought a peace message I hope it will be heard by many!!

Indeed Witz

Hi everyone!

I have a lot of souvenirs from the fall of the Berlin wall. It was such a big event, an unbelievable one!

Moshuo is right to mention Reagan, he did a lot and that’s why I am also baffled Obama decided not to come.

It was a very emotional moment to see them together in Berlin. Visible and invisible walls around the world should all fall!!

Very well said Laurent