{"id":3360,"date":"2011-09-08T13:58:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T17:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=3360"},"modified":"2011-09-08T13:58:42","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T17:58:42","slug":"libre-de-nino-bravo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/libre-de-nino-bravo\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Libre&#8221;, de Nino Bravo."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Es curioso como en ocasiones pasamos toda una vida oyendo una canci\u00f3n, pero sin escucharla. Esto me ha ocurrido con \u201cLibre\u201d, de Nino Bravo. Hace pocos d\u00edas descubr\u00ed la historia que se esconde tras la canci\u00f3n, y me gustar\u00eda compartirla con vosotros. Aunque en la letra no aparece el nombre, la canci\u00f3n habla de un joven obrero de la construcci\u00f3n, Peter Fechter, el primer alem\u00e1n que muri\u00f3 al intentar saltar el muro de Berl\u00edn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Junto a otro joven prepar\u00f3 la huida, con tal mala suerte que cuando Peter se encontraba a punto de saltar al lado de Berl\u00edn Oeste, los soldados les dieron el alto, y dispararon. Su compa\u00f1ero no fue alcanzado, pero \u00e9l recibi\u00f3 un disparo en la pelvis, y cay\u00f3 en \u201ctierra de nadie\u201d. Durante cincuenta minutos qued\u00f3 malherido, pidiendo ayuda, pero ni los soldados sovi\u00e9ticos que hab\u00edan disparado le dieron auxilio, y los soldados americanos tan solo le tiraron un botiqu\u00edn, que no pudo usar a causa de la gravedad de la herida. Hab\u00eda numerosos testigos presentes, incluidos periodistas, pero nadie se atrevi\u00f3 a ayudarle, por miedo a recibir un disparo. Obviamente, muri\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Los berlineses de ambos lados fueron testigos de su agon\u00eda, y comprendieron lo dif\u00edcil que ser\u00eda la situaci\u00f3n de aquellos que decidiese escapar del Berl\u00edn Este. Al d\u00eda siguiente hubo manifestaciones y protestas en el lado Oeste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Entre 1961 y 1989 murieron m\u00e1s de 260 personas al intentar cruzar el Muro; esta cifra aumenta bastante con los que murieron al intentar cruzar la frontera entre las dos Alemanias, o fueron a la c\u00e1rcel. Hoy d\u00eda un monumento recuerda su muerte; en 1997 dos soldados fueron juzgados y condenados a un a\u00f1o de c\u00e1rcel por disparar. El 9 de noviembre de 1989 se permiti\u00f3 el paso hacia Alemania Occidental, y las primeras brechas en el muro aparecieron. Hoy el muro es tan solo es un duro recuerdo, y sus trozos objeto de coleccionistas. Otro dato curioso: la \u00faltima v\u00edctima del muro, Chris Gueffroy, ten\u00eda casi 20 a\u00f1os cuando muri\u00f3 en 1989.<\/p>\n<p>TIENE CASI VEINTE A\u00d1OS y ya est\u00e1<br \/>\ncansado de so\u00f1ar;<br \/>\npero TRAS LA FRONTERA est\u00e1 su hogar,<br \/>\nsu mundo y SU CIUDAD.<br \/>\nPiensa que la ALAMBRADA s\u00f3lo<br \/>\nes un trozo de metal<br \/>\nalgo que nunca puede detener<br \/>\nsus ansias de volar.<\/p>\n<p>Libre,<br \/>\ncomo el sol cuando amanece yo soy libre,<br \/>\ncomo el mar.<br \/>\nLibre,<br \/>\ncomo el ave que escap\u00f3 de su PRISI\u00d3N<br \/>\ny puede al fin volar.<br \/>\nLibre,<br \/>\ncomo el viento que recoge MI LAMENTO Y MI PESAR,<br \/>\ncamino sin cesar,<br \/>\ndetr\u00e1s de la verdad,<br \/>\ny SABR\u00c9 LO QUE ES AL FIN LA LIBERTAD.<\/p>\n<p>Con su amor por bandera se march\u00f3<br \/>\ncantando una canci\u00f3n;<br \/>\nmarchaba tan feliz que NO ESCUCH\u00d3<br \/>\nLA VOZ QUE LE LLAM\u00d3.<br \/>\nY TENDIDO EN EL SUELO SE QUED\u00d3,<br \/>\nSONRIENDO Y SIN HABLAR;<br \/>\nSOBRE SU PECHO, FLORES CARM\u00c9S\u00cd<br \/>\nBROTABAN SIN CESAR.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x_QaKmERzEE\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x_QaKmERzEE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is interesting how sometimes we spend our whole life hearing a song, but not really listening to it. This has happened to me with &#8220;Libre&#8221; (Free), by the Spanish singer Nino Bravo. A few days ago, I found out the story behind the song, and I would like to share it with you. Even though his name is not mentioned in the lyrics, the song speaks about a young construction worker, Peter Fechter, the first German who died trying to jump the Berlin Wall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Together with another young man, he prepared the flight, with such bad luck that, when Peter was about to jump to the West Berlin side, the soldiers told them to stop, and shot them. His workmate was not hit, but Peter was shot in the pelvis, and fell down in no man&#8217;s land. For fifty minutes he remained gravely injured, asking for help, but the Soviet soldiers who had shot him did not provide any aid, and the American soldiers just threw a first aid kit to him, which he couldn\u2019t use because of the seriousness of the wound. There were a lot of eyewitnesses, including journalists, but nobody dared to help him, fearing to be shot too. Obviously, he died.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Berliners from both sides were witnesses of his agony, and understood how difficult the situation of those who decided to escape from East Berlin would be. The following day there were demonstrations and protests in the West side.<\/p>\n<p>Between 1961 and 1989, more than 260 persons died trying to cross the Wall; this number is increased quite a lot by factoring in those who died trying to cross the border between both Germanies, or the ones who went to jail. Today, a monument commemorates his death; in 1997 two soldiers were judged, and sentenced to one year in prison for shooting him. On November 9<sup>th <\/sup>1989 the way towards West Germany was allowed, and the first cracks in the wall appeared. Today, the Wall is only a hard memory, and its fragments collectors&#8217; items. Another odd piece of information: the last victim of the wall, Chris Gueffroy, was almost 20 years old when he died in 1989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Es curioso como en ocasiones pasamos toda una vida oyendo una canci\u00f3n, pero sin escucharla. Esto me ha ocurrido con \u201cLibre\u201d, de Nino Bravo. Hace pocos d\u00edas descubr\u00ed la historia que se esconde tras la canci\u00f3n, y me gustar\u00eda compartirla con vosotros. 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