On this day in 1961 construction on the Berlin Wall began. This was the news being broadcast here in Germany today. What they finally said in a documentary was that long before the Berlin Wall was built, i.e. 1952 the border existed and that people weren't allowed to leave. The stories are heart-breaking. Families were divided, children separated from their school friends, all because they lived on the wrong side of town. It's difficult for me to imagine the fear that had to exist in this time. Friends whom you weren't sure that you could trust, wanting freedom that would only come decades later, all of these things combined were the evils of the Communist Party. I am glad that now the wall has fallen and people no longer have to question whether someone will tell the government if they disagree with a policy.
Long live freedom and the right to choose your own path in life....and the friends with whom you share it.
