Tag der Deutschen Einheit
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[Es tut mir leid, aber Ich spreche kein Deutsch.] Today is German Unity Day. It was on 3rd October 1990 that Germany was officially reunified. In contrast to the November booze-up that commemorates the night the Berlin Wall came down, the official reunification celebrations tend to be structured civic events. The organisers stress the European dimension of 1989, when the breaching of the Wall showed that the cracks in East European Communism were beginning to split wide open, letting unity between East and West flood through. Sounds a bit boring. Thank goodness Berliners know how to throw a party, with live entertainment, food, drink and lots of dancing. Einen schönen Tag allerseits!
[Es tut mir leid, aber Ich spreche kein Deutsch.] Today is German Unity Day. It was on 3rd October 1990 that Germany was officially reunified. In contrast to the November booze-up that commemorates the night the Berlin Wall came down, the official reunification celebrations tend to be structured civic events. The organisers stress the European dimension of 1989, when the breaching of the Wall showed that the cracks in East European Communism were beginning to split wide open, letting unity between East and West flood through. Sounds a bit boring. Thank goodness Berliners know how to throw a party, with live entertainment, food, drink and lots of dancing. Einen schönen Tag allerseits!
