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Terry Glavin: How does a Canadian say hello? 'I'm sorry...'

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:42:10 GMT

Mitch Miyagawa is my colleague and student at the University of British Columbia. His family has now been thrice blessed with official government apologies.
Source: National Post

Wende and Wetter

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:35:58 GMT

Old Berliners in the media complained that twenty years ago even the Wetter was better. In 1989, the stars apparently shone down on revelers dancing on the Brandenburger Tor as they tore the wall to pieces.
Source: n+1

Flirting with History: Merkel Positions Herself as Crisis Chancellor

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:09:59 GMT

What is a chancellor's legacy? It is a question with which Chancellor Angela Merkel is clearly concerned.
Source: Spiegel Online

German Reunification: From Rejection to Inevitability

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:54:36 GMT

Willy Brandt was uncomfortable with the idea, Günter Grass -- who in those days spoke from the summit of Mount Morality -- considered it an abomination, and Gerhard Schröder, maneuvering for political position as a Social Democratic underling,...
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

After collapse, jubilation, fear, and uncertainty

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:19:26 GMT

ANYONE WHO experienced the opening of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, close up will probably never forget the overwhelming emotion it triggered.
Source: Boston Globe

Special Report: German Reunification: From Rejection to Inevitability

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:38:36 GMT

Willy Brandt was uncomfortable with the idea, Günter Grass — who in those days spoke from the summit of Mount Morality — considered it an abomination, and Gerhard Schröder, maneuvering for political position as a Social Democratic underling,...
Source: International Herald Tribune

'Creatures of spirit'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:28:18 GMT

When the struggle against apartheid ended with the first democratic elections and citizen protests forced the German Democratic Republic (GDR) to open borders including the Berlin Wall, it again proved how essential civil engagement is as a...
Source: Mail & Guardian Online

Photo from AP Photo

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:16:06 GMT

PICTURE PACKAGE OF NINE PHOTOS SHOWING THE SITUATION ON HISTORIC SPOTS IN BERLIN - 20 YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE WALL - - Photo taken Oct. 31, 2009 at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, and displaying a photo of Reverend Martin Luther King, American civil...

East Germany answers back

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:49:38 GMT

The mutual mistrust between East and West Germans that followed the collapse of the Berlin Wall is diminishing and the social values of the East are being given greater credit, as William Horsley discovered.
Source: BBC News

Quoted in 'ND profs: Obama deserving of award'

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:21:45 GMT

said in The Observer Online:

The Committee's statement emphasizes his contribution to creating a new climate for international affairs, no specific achievement ... The Committee has done this type of awarding before, for instance to German Chancellor Willy Brandt in 1971 for his ambition to change German relations to the East. It resulted in the fall of the Berlin Wall 18 years later.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:59:45 GMT

Franz Muentefering (C), outgoing leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), arrives among party fellows to a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the death of late German Chancellor Willy Brandt (1913-1992) at a cemeter...

Bundestagswahl 1972 SPD Spot

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:02:16 GMT