I walked by a monument in Berlin tonight that contains pieces of the Berlin Wall that are still standing. It sent chills down my back. The last time I was in Berlin, it was still divided into East and West Berlin. People were still selling out their friends, neighbors, children, parents, even spouses to the Stasi. I can't believe this was going on in my lifetime, and that the wall came down just over 20 years ago. By the way, an absolutely incredible film that captures the essence of the DDR and Stasi is The Lives of Others, winner of the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. A must see. William F. Buckley, Jr., just months before passing away, wrote that after seeing it, "I turned to my companion and said, 'I think that this is the best movie I ever saw.'" Yes, it's that good.
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