Re:Sigmund Jähn, the first German to travel into space
by severino on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:42AM
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Probably because when his country was annexed to the federal republic 28 years ago, the new governors decided that everything that took place in the 40 years before was worthless and had to be forgotten. Well, everything except the bad things like the state security, which we have to remember every day. That's why we have the Stasi museum and things like that.
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Re:Sigmund Jähn, the first German to travel into space
by amai on Sunday October 21, 2018 @03:07PM
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I remember a lot of east germans who rather
wanted to be „annexed“ than living further in the dull DDR. But if you want, we can build the wall again. I heard the american president is also a huge fan of walls nowadays.
Re:Sigmund Jähn, the first German to travel into space
by severino on Sunday October 21, 2018 @04:16PM
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Well, that doesn't change anything about how the reunification was done and how the East Germany history was summarized into the wall and the state police, leaving everything else out of the picture, as this article points out.
Re:Sigmund Jähn, the first German to travel into space
by blattimwind on Sunday October 21, 2018 @04:10PM
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<mandatory disgruntled western counter-comment about how the east germans took all the west's money and built way too nice streets and downtowns from it>