The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall - Konrad H. Jarausch

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On August 13, 1961, construction workers began tearing up streets and erecting barriers in Berlin. This night marked the beginning of one of history’s most infamous dividing lines: the Berlin Wall. Construction continued for a decade as the wall cut through neighborhoods, separated families, and divided not just Germany, but the world. Konrad H. Jarausch details the history of the Berlin Wall.

Lesson by Konrad H. Jarausch, directed by Remus & Kiki.

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  • @4shi10
    “Otherwise, there were normal people” 5 seconds later AND DROVE A STOLEN TANK THROUGH THE WALL
  • East german guard: Wait WHAT THE FU- The dude with the tank: Haha tank go brrr
  • the guy with the tank was called Wolfgang Engels and apparently he met some other ppl along the way and asked, 'I'm gonna go to the West, wanna go?'
  • @San-jn6bm
    Girl: come over Boy: i can't, there's berlin wall Girl: im home alone Boy: blitzkrieg *starting tank engine
  • my grandma lived there once and told me how she would pretend to whisper into her coat button in front of police booths just to annoy them
  • It's so shocking to me that Germany only reunified in 1990! That feels like barely any time, but Germany seems like such a unified nation now
  • I just want to know the story behind the guy that stole a tank.
  • My mum grew up in eastern Germany while my dad grew up in the west. It's so interesting to hear the completely different stories about their childhood and youth, although they technically grew up in the same country. I still can't imagine how life was back then.
  • When I was in 6th Grade, we were studying the Berlin Wall for one of our subjects. And my history teacher even had a piece of the Berlin Wall that he showed to the entire class.
  • The last line in the story is so beautiful: "Today the parts of the wall still stand as a reminder that any barrier we put up to impede freedom, we can also break down."
  • Kennedy once said, “Democracy is not perfect, but at least we do not have to build a wall to keep our people in.”
  • @melon7247
    When you're just guarding the wall quietly Then suddenly you hear boss music
  • The detail with the stolen tank was actually a true story. A man named Wolfgang Engels actually stole an armored vehicle and crashed it through the wall. Fortunately, he made it to safety after people from a nearby bar in the Western half took him to safety.
  • As a Korean, I wonder whether my country can be reunified like that again. After the fall of Berlin Wall, we were also very enthusiastic and optimistic that same thing will soon happen in Korea's DMZ as well, but no luck. Tensions only getting worse. Always makes me sigh when I think about this.
  • Capitalism: build walls to stop people from coming in Communism: build walls to stop people from getting out
  • "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain" - Soviet Union '89