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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
oh yes ! and i remember also when it was finally opened : i was babysitting that evening and saw the images on the news on television. and then a few years later i remember seeing the remains of it in berlin, and what a strange effect it had on me, like a jump in my heart when i thought about when it was still a fence.
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I went there that same year (with school). The border was opened, so we could drive past Checkpoint Alpha and Beta, but we were checked at Checkpoint Charlie. And I do have a piece of the wall at home (chipped it off myself!). And that Eastern Germany money was made out of tin cans, I think...