It's 50 years ago...tomorrow.
Tomorrow, the 13th August 2011, marks a day in history which had a profound influence on my own life, but particularly on the lives of millions of other people.
"Somebody", because finally, nobody wanted to accept responsability...
Later, the Central point for me
There was no real sense of the romantics of Espionage, no beautiful Russian spies, just normally grey skies - grey people and grey thoughts, the most colourful things being the spinning gyrophares on the roofs of the military and civilian Police and Security services vehicles!
It took many years, and many deaths before the monster was finally eradicated, and "Es konnte zusammen wachsen was zusammen gehorte..." - GER...
(EN.."what belonged together could finally grow together") - namely the German nation.
Even now the Wall still throws long shadows on life in Germany. There are still many who lament the passing of the wall, because in the Eastern Zone, life was totally arranged for everyone - workers or non-workers, in the West - effort and originality was, and is, required.
Another long shadow is that it is still forcing people like me to break into their holidays......and that's where I'm going back to right now.....!
In any case - it's gone - that brick and mortar affront to Society.
iwmpop(mrlemarquis) - Vauvert,France - Aout 2011