After the Wall: The children of German Reunification | DW Stories

[@luiscirilo3851]

I being Mexican American and having lived in Germany as a Soldier and Civilian during the East West Iron curtain knew that it could not last. I love Germany and the beautiful and powerful Language. I was treated better in Deutchland than in my own country by everyone I met. I made it my business to learn the language. My admiration for German women is such that they are not only strong, motivated with a strong sense of pride but also the most beautiful women I have ever seen. God bless Germany and I only hope to return back to my home away from Texas, Erlangen.

[@katebeautyx8393]

The cake idea is phenomenal!!! Gives Omas a sense of purpose and probably the cakes taste delicious.

[@bowenjesus2303]

instablaster

[@lilli9822]

why are you talking about black and Turkish people? isn't this a documentary about the difference between german children from east and west?I was not expecting to see a documentary about immigration

[@theturkanabus3610]

welcome to dw, a globalist propaganda outlet

[@gege0298]

the guy's an exemple of the "generation 25": kids born between 1989 and 1990. he wasn't the most affected by the reunification, but he still witnessed its effect, and is influential enough to be relevant. I guess that's their point ?

[@goodgirlkay]

Do you think they should just ignore nonwhite Germans? Pretend they don't exist? LMBAO!

[@alphafundava5819]

@@s.p.2494 lol.. There absolutely are non-white Germans. The problem is there aren't any non-ignorant statements.

[@JJMHigner]

@@alphafundava5819 Amen!

[@499PUCK]

The girl say to many doors being open is bad. Exactly how is having a lot of options bad?

[@FerKzrs]

499PUCK It is a First World problem.

[@buoazej]

hopefully she ment influx of 'refugees'

[@hankeat]

This is the typical problems of the children who parents were living in East Germany. Children always learn from their parents. After the fall of the wall, those children from the former East Germany couldn't learn from their parents, because their parents have never lived in the free world before. The parents couldn't give their children advices either due to lack of experience, thus those children were confronted with too many options. We called these children the lost generation and many of them aren't very successful in their lives, as they've to explore the world without the guidance of their parents. Unfortunately few of my friends belong to the group.

[@chadbaughman401]

I was born in early 89 10 months before the wall came down

[@majcorbin]

your balanced and fair coverage demonstrates the honest principles that Journalism should adhere to. Well Done (again)

[@antiquesman7]

My wife, Eleonore, was German Canadian Wine Queen in 1962.

[@urbanmyth1519]

40:00 ❤ that is a purpose of life. Unfortunately family does not matter much in Germoney. Hustleing and paying overpriced rent/prices does.

[@steve94044]

For those older than 1989 the wall still exists in their minds. In some ways the wall is still there.

[@JJMHigner]

Yes.

[@angusyates828]

Gen Xer's as a whole look back to the 1970's, 80's and 90's with nostalgia. For the world has gone backwards in many ways since. Some things are better but they are overshadowed by the cloud we all live under now.

[@donsprash2596]

They should be proud to be German

[@mariekatherine5238]

And I was three the year the wall went up.

[@aeacanspeakalot3205]

It is immoral to keep people in isolation. Doing this encourages the desire to be free, especially if one has an inquisitive mind. Why should they be limited by a wall because someone who is probably dead by now said so? I'm glad that walls like this came down at the resounding majority. We are not supposed to be caged. Not even majestic animals of every species were not created to be caged. Those that do so do it as a symbol of status & show the rest of us just how insecure they actually are. Leave the innocent beasts of the wild in the wild. Leave those that have a right to freedom stay free. That Donald 'Melonhead' Trump ought to take a few pages out of this history book. Oh I forgot! He's too thick to think of anyone other than himself. God help us all. His reasoning for this over priced, idiotic, ludicrous wall is one conceived from his need to leave some tangible evidence of his legacy. His stupidity will be hard pressed to forget smh! I don't think he's going to make the guiness book of records but then there's a likelyhood that he could. It won't be for that wall either, lmao! Let's synergize him out of the white house before it becomes just another brothel. That guy has unresolved issues! Apparently he resembles the 'a-typical white middle class america' so if this is true I don't hold out much hope for the country. We all know that it's owned by china now anyway. The russians are hanging in a close 2nd place, which is probably why he is hanging off their shirt tails. For 'melon head, they're white, he understands what they're saying because he has his own personal interpreter, plus they're related through marriage and they are the only ones other than the asians that can build war heads.

[@carlosaraujo9037]

In my humble opinión the first couple is doing things right... Is not good to stay in the past...

[@toolguyslayer1]

32:30 that is a super ultra mega novel idea

[@vicksss807]

I think this is a generation 25 years later not 18...That's the way I see it ..for 25 means 25 years later.

[@1sunstyle]

I was supposed to be born in Europe. I am from Hollywood. It's little know that Hollywood is a multicultural hub with people from around the World. It is very smoggy.

[@xX5THGROUPXx]

His comb really bothers me. Why is he complaining about racism?

[@bobanboban577]

Racism is bad

[@dantaylor7344]

2 kids in mid twenties? Are they millionaires? German economy must be bombproof, in UK no one has 2 kids in their thirties let alone twenties! Jesus!

[@politicanskiller1656]

You are from Turkey not Germany

[@rcrinsea]

politicans killer - no, her parents were from Turkey. And you are not German.

[@DigitaIBot]

German isnt a race its a citizenship.

[@DigitaIBot]

If they have a german passport they are officially german.

[@DigitaIBot]

*du Jude. if you wandt to "insult" me in german than do it right.

[@DigitaIBot]

the "insult" that you tried to write is german. If it isnt wich language is it?

[@susanamoroso8581]

Im so grateful this documentary also focused on the Catholic faith. Germany was a bastion of Christianity in Europe. I hope the young generation in Germany find their Christian faith again. I hate to see an Islamized Germany. Im sorry but I can not be politically correct when it comes to Islam.

[@katebeautyx8393]

susan amoroso I think as long as their Islamic faith isn’t forced down our own throats and social behaviour is within the countries rules it’s ok.

[@TheEliseRodgers]

What about Germany’s huge Protestant heritage? Martin Luther was very German .

[@thesailormercury2]

till all are one

[@tomtum9162]

I see Multistupidityism has infected this documentary too. This should have been about East and West Germans and their thoughts on reunification, not a I love you You love me bla bla bla...

[@will6412]

The USA is about the size of eroup, but with your small little country’s, you can go to a different one in less than an hour. East America was claimed by Britain and the middle was France and the West was Spain. But we won our independence and took it all!!!

[@MrsHicks-it5xj]

West was Americans side. I know bc I am American and I stand here in Germany very proud of Germany. It’s not always a democracy that comes from war. I hope Russia is Split to nurture democracy. Russians are indoctrinated and deserve better than that.

[@flamedude6849]

Gen 25 is generation Z 2001-2020 not generation Y 19??-2000 look it up

[@JJMHigner]

I was born in 1983. Like moth of the others here, marriage is not necessarily a priority. I am single have have decided not to marry. So there's a little measure of things.

[@acmfirst5481]

All that will change when Russia arrives with its modern-day refined fascism

[@abiturspanisch6316]

West Germany poor?? Are you joking?

[@communistjesus]

West Germany poor?? Are you joking?

[@brucel10315]

Good luck .

[@markaplier1261]

major boomer alert

[@PragmaticCommoner]

Yikes!

[@babunumai1014]

I sometimes wish we were still communist

[@SyndicateBrink]

Well to correct the man in the beginning, yes Germany would not be so free (as a whole) but it would be far from a poor country. Infact had the East and West not unified then West Germany would be the worlds largest economy today. East was also doing farely well if you compare it to the rest of the USSR. The East would not be free, no, and would not be a rich country by any stretch of the imagination. But West Germany would be the strongest, largest and probably richest economy on the planet. So... #FeelTheBern

[@ajrwilde14]

Monk is hot.