This is the checkpoint near what was Hof, West Germany at the time. It was not long after the wall came down so we were free to pass between West and East Germany. The images at the end of the video were taken as we were going in to East Germany. September 1990.
We were living in Germany at the time the wall fell in 1989 and were stationed in Amberg, Pond Barracks, not far from the Czech border in Bavaria. 10 months later we took a trip and crossed over the border to the former East Germany. It was quite a moving experience to cross the border freely, considering the long history and blood shed over the years. Just that quick, the mission of the American military changed. There was no longer a need for border patrol.
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December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
Audinos your an …
Audinos your an idiot. Patton was assassinated. He was assassinated by both the American Goverment and probably Soviet Goverment as well. Patton discovered the truth about what the zionist jews were doing to Germany to cause the holocaust. That and his voiceful opinions of the Soviets is what caused his assassination. A high ranking officer like patton, the man who gave Europe to Eisonhower and defeated the Nazis was not in a “accident”.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
The song does not …
The song does not have a name. It is just some Sony sound loops that I put together.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
Whats the name of …
Whats the name of the song?
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
thats what …
thats what Eisenhower tried to make it look like.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
All three systems …
All three systems are perfect in theory except for one vital element… The human one. Until we fix that no system will ever be perfect. Our own greed is more powerful than the will to co-exist peacefully with each other.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
There are many …
There are many frustrated Americans who feel as you and I do, and who could care less about sports or Hollywood idiots. We can watch news feeds from sources such as the BBC, Deutsche Welle, or Al Jazeera, but they are as selective as American news sources. The European press in particular is just as left-biased as American journalism, and I’ve found that there is as great a percentage of Europeans who are unaware of American realities as there is of Americans uninformed on European happenings.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
It is in reference …
It is in reference to your remark “We heard about those riots. They didn’t concern us.” This is why I am so upset with the US news. They put unimportant information on about cats, dogs, horses, and celeberties. (Hmmm… I just equated Paris Hilton with a domesticated animal.”
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
It was Martin …
It was Martin Niemoller, a Lutheran pastor and Holocaust survivor, who said that. I’m not sure how it pertains to this video, however.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
This reminds me of …
This reminds me of the Jewish guy that wrote “They came for blacks, I did nothing because it did not involve me, then they came for the homosexuals, again I did nothing, then they came for the Gypsies, again I did nothing, then they came for the Jews and there was no body to stand with me.” OK, maybe I misquoted, but WTF, you understand the gist.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
Obama is the …
Obama is the closest thing we have to a communist, but that wall along the Mexican border is designed to keep illegal immigrants out, not to keep Americans in. Who in the would have wanted to sneak INTO the DDR? I was there; the place was a toilet compared with the West.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
Patton died from …
Patton died from injuries in a car accident. It was not an assassination.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
We heard about …
We heard about those riots as they happened. They didn’t concern us. That was a matter for the Greek people to worry about, because riots and mass protests are the only way to get the government’s attention.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
Hey I guess u live …
Hey I guess u live somewhere on Saturn or so !!!! Hey canadians need a vlaid passport to cross into the US since 01-01-2009… and what about the wall across the Mexican border ??? And the one built by Zionists in Israel… Wake up dude !!! The police and fascist state has been reinstored since 09-11-2001
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
Not true they make …
Not true they make you believe that’s its the only system possible. Hey capitalism has been only been around since the end of the 18th Century… What is that in the history of mankind… Not even a little shitfly… Be positive and think that you can change things… such ”conservative” thinking can only lead to oblivion for mankind…. By the ways nature and mankind will inevitably take care to put capitalism in its tomb sooner or later… its just natural law …
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
Were the “Transit …
Were the “Transit WestBerlin” signs kept or dumped?
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
There can be no …
There can be no utopia on earth as long as there is sin in the world, and no system is perfect. The American system has faults, but it has been by far the least deadly and has brought millions of immigrants the freedom to live and believe as they please.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
Agreed, and these …
Agreed, and these are examples of Communist corruption…but any system has problems no matter what (this should not be taken as justification for such inhuman acts).
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
Hello into the USA …
Hello into the USA from the former GDR. They are right. One must have been at least times in the GDR, in order to be able to take the liberty a judgement over the country. Corruption gave it here. But much less as today in united Germany. Friendly greetings from north Saxonia-Anhalt , Mike
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
What capitalist …
What capitalist country had anything as deadly as Stalin’s purges, the Cultural Revolution, or Pol Pot’s killing fields? How many people died crossing from the USSR into Finland, or from East to West Germany?
Try crossing into Canada or Mexico from the USA. There is not even a fence in many places, and you certainly won’t be shot. I have been on both sides of the Berlin Wall, and in those days, anyone with half a brain could have seen the social destruction that Communism created there.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
While Communism was …
While Communism was a great philosophy, and most likely would better the world under other circumstances, it is an unrealistic system due to human greed and selfishness. It is because of this that Communism in the USSR and abroad was corrupted. Capitalism has it’s problems too, but, because of these human factors, it will always be a more realistic system.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
then why did ussr …
then why did ussr trap ppl in
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
I am an American …
I am an American and I visited both the USSR and DDR in 1986. If you truly believe the dismal and wretched lives their citizens led were somehow more “noble” or less corrupt, then you are being more than a little naive. I had no personal animosity towards the Soviets or the East Germans. However, don’t think for a moment that either nation didn’t have its eyes on expanding the Communist Revolution. As for corruption, it’s everywhere comrade….even in the Workers’ Paradise.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
It’s sad living in …
It’s sad living in the U.S. , our media and people tend to throw terms such as neo nazi, communist, socialist, marxist, etc. around and more often times than not the meanings are misconstrued and yes the ignorance of the common citizen is fully displayed when they try to use the “fancy” words in discussions of which they hardly know anything about. I am an U.S. born and bred citizen and even I think our country is shameful, arrogant corrupt and evil… not a nice reality to tell the truth.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
You are stupid and …
You are stupid and ignorant in one go!! How stupid can you think? The USSR was the biggest army on earth. We wanted a peaceful coexistence, the US/UK wanted riches at the expense of men. As they still do. They planned the destruction of socialism because it wasn’t the american way. Why bankrupt economies because they are unamerican?? Now you are reaping the backlash and oh how funny it is. I hope Joseph McCarthy died in lonely long painful agony
December 21st, 2009 at 12:51 am
You need to read …
You need to read history you ignorant american pig. Your country is shameful, arrogant, corrupt and evil – please stay at the other side of the atlantic, you are never welcome