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The Velvet Revolution

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Caryn

I would think that the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 17, 1989, would have signaled the end of an era of oppressive treatment of people in the area. Nevertheless, just nine days after the fall, Continue reading →

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Escape from East Berlin

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Caryn

It all happened overnight. The people of East Berlin became prisoners of their government. The government was oppressive, and people wanted to leave. The government could not have that, so walls were put up encircling the city virtually overnight. Continue reading →

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To Touch The Face Of God

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Caryn

As events from the past get further and further from the present, it’s easy to forget all about them, and for the younger generations…well, they never knew about them, unless they learned about them in history class. Continue reading →

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One-Day Pass

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Caryn

In August of 1961, virtually overnight, the Berlin appeared, separating East and West Berliners from each other. Streets, subway lines, bus lines, tramlines, canals, and rivers were divided. Family members, friends, lovers, schoolmates, work colleagues, and others were abruptly separated. Continue reading →

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The Other Side Of The Wall

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Caryn

Imagine living in a country where you could only go places and do things that the government allowed you to. Communist countries are that way, but in East Berlin things had taken a much more sinister turn. Throughout the 1950s … Continue reading →

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A Wide Scale

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Caryn

I’ve been spending some very enjoyable time emailing with my cousin, Dennis Fredrick lately, and the subject of Great Aunt Bertha Schumacher Hallgren’s journal came up again. That is all it takes for me to decide that I need to … Continue reading →

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