{"id":114,"date":"2010-02-02T07:50:15","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T12:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=114"},"modified":"2010-02-02T07:50:15","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T12:50:15","slug":"die-mauer-muss-weg-the-wall-needs-to-go-%e2%80%93-the-anniversary-of-the-german-unification-is-coming-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/die-mauer-muss-weg-the-wall-needs-to-go-%e2%80%93-the-anniversary-of-the-german-unification-is-coming-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"Die Mauer muss weg! (The wall needs to go!) \u2013 The anniversary of the German unification is coming closer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anybody who has an interest in German culture and history remembers the pictures on TV about the wall coming down. I myself was one of the lucky ones who were able to go to Berlin in the winter of 1989 and collect a piece of the Berliner Mauer (the Berlin Wall). We saw the East German Trabants and Wartburgs drive across the border among the enthusiastic cheering of the newly united German people. After a significant boost for the West German economy under chancellor Helmut Kohl whose promise of the blooming territories (bl\u00fchende Landschaften) is still used today in various political discussions. <\/span><\/p>\n

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After the first years of euphoria and happiness a rising unemployment rate throughout the newly united Germany with extremely high numbers in the five new states in the East reality changed into skepticism and nostalgia among the formerly divided countries. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The peaceful revolution started in cities like Leipzig and Dresden with huge crowds chanting \u201cWir sind das Volk\u201d (We are the people). Without the will power of the East German population and the economical state the \u201cDDR\u201d (GDR) was in, the unification would still be a fiction today. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I would like to start a discussion with our readers concerning their thoughts about the unification and especially what you think of the current situation Germany is in after the opening of the borders to the former \u201cWarschauer Pakt\u201d (Warsaw Pact). What do you consider advantages and disadvantages of the new situation almost ten years later? Were you affected by the political changes personally and what is your opinion about the development? <\/span><\/p>\n

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Vocabulary:<\/span><\/p>\n

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die Mauer \u2013 The wall<\/span><\/p>\n

m\u00fcssen \u2013 to must, to have to<\/span><\/p>\n

weg \u2013 away<\/span><\/p>\n

der Weg \u2013 the way<\/span><\/p>\n

bl\u00fchen \u2013 to bloom<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

die Landschaft \u2013 the countryside, the territory<\/span><\/p>\n

wir sind \u2013 we are<\/span><\/p>\n

das Volk \u2013 the people<\/span><\/p>\n

DDR (deutsche demokratische Republik) \u2013 GDR (German democratic republic)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Warschau – Warsaw<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anybody who has an interest in German culture and history remembers the pictures on TV about the wall coming down. I myself was one of the lucky ones who were able to go to Berlin in the winter of 1989 and collect a piece of the Berliner Mauer (the Berlin Wall). We saw the East…<\/p>\n

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