Today is the 10th anniversary of German Reunification
John O. Andersen
"Tag der deutschen Einheit" as they call it in Germany. Nineteen years ago
when I went abroad to live in Germany, I would have never thought I would
witness reunification in my lifetime. I daresay many of the Germans I met
felt the same way. What an amazing sequence of events unfolded before our
very eyes; a testament to the fact that regimes can fall; that average
people can make a huge difference.
As we wrap up the 20th century, we can look back at the fall of the Berlin
Wall in 1989, Perestroika in the former Soviet Union, and the reunification
of Germany as among the most significant events in our lifetime.
On another note:
My picks for the three most important years of the 20th century are 1918,
1945, and 1989.
1. 1918 WWI ends, and the excessively punitive Versailles Treaty sows
the seeds of WWII.
2. 1945 WWII ends, beginning of the Atomic Age, the carving up of
Germany, and other events which led to the establishment of the "Iron
Curtain, the Cold War, and the communist takeover of China.
3. 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, end of the Cold War.
What are your picks for the three most important years of the 20th century?
John Andersen
"Lessons From a Coal Furnace"
Sometimes old furnaces give us more than just a cozy warm cottage.
http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_article.gsp?c_id=46175
"Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will
be sure to skip
them; and in the plainest possible words, or he will certainly misunderstand
them."--John Ruskin
when I went abroad to live in Germany, I would have never thought I would
witness reunification in my lifetime. I daresay many of the Germans I met
felt the same way. What an amazing sequence of events unfolded before our
very eyes; a testament to the fact that regimes can fall; that average
people can make a huge difference.
As we wrap up the 20th century, we can look back at the fall of the Berlin
Wall in 1989, Perestroika in the former Soviet Union, and the reunification
of Germany as among the most significant events in our lifetime.
On another note:
My picks for the three most important years of the 20th century are 1918,
1945, and 1989.
1. 1918 WWI ends, and the excessively punitive Versailles Treaty sows
the seeds of WWII.
2. 1945 WWII ends, beginning of the Atomic Age, the carving up of
Germany, and other events which led to the establishment of the "Iron
Curtain, the Cold War, and the communist takeover of China.
3. 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, end of the Cold War.
What are your picks for the three most important years of the 20th century?
John Andersen
"Lessons From a Coal Furnace"
Sometimes old furnaces give us more than just a cozy warm cottage.
http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_article.gsp?c_id=46175
"Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will
be sure to skip
them; and in the plainest possible words, or he will certainly misunderstand
them."--John Ruskin