Witnesses to the Berlin Wall
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The West Burlin Police - The Great Victory
We kept a very close eye on what was going on. We all felt, you know, it could have turned quickly. And the fact that it didn't is almost a kind of miracle. People were talking about the great victory for freedom and democracy. At that time, i think we all, we all felt a sort of huge surge of optimism. The medal came through the posts, and and the vona, a russian fur hat,. It just shows you what one simple thing that perhaps prevented violence can actually turn out to be really quite important in the scheme of things. Very amazing. Really. Eewe.
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