The Day BEFORE Berlin Wall Fall 1989 [VHS]

[@antoniomurino2761]

It’s incredible walking there just few hours before the day in which all the world changed suddenly. It’s a precious footage.

[@darkWorkOne]

Thanks for watching!

[@JeffreyCC]

_'the world'_ Meanwhile in Yemen, Thailand and Venezuela.......................................

[@antoniomurino2761]

@@JeffreyCC i meant that was the end of the Cold War between the two greatest nuclear power, and also the most dangerous one. Very stupid comment !

[@mqritz_]

You can see all those people around the city who have no idea what world changing event is gonna happen that night

[@maxbarko8717]

1991 I flew to Canada. On the plane 2 older man. One from Canada on his way back from Czechoslovakia who visited his son after some 20 years not seeing each other. The other man was from east Germany visiting his son whom he hadn’t seen in a very long time. They were sitting next to each other, had no common language but both understood each other. The entire plane was taken by there emotions. Unforgettable.

[@darkWorkOne]

Oh, wow! That is amazing

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

9:40 "Memorial to the people who have died in their escape attempts at this point". Little did they know this point was luckily the end point. 11:00 On 8 March 1989, Winfried Freudenberg became the last person to die in an attempt to escape from East Germany to West Berlin. Freudenberg fell from a hot-air balloon while trying to fly over the Berlin Wall In August 1989, the Spitzner family became the last successful escape

[@MagnificentGermanywithDarion]

It was awesome to see this video. I was stationed in Schweinfurt Germany from 1988-1990. The cars, people, clothes, etc brought back many memories. I remember seeing Berlin while the wall was up and it is so nice to see all of the changes. I visit Berlin often. Thank You so much for sharing. I am going to share this video with my subscribers. Thanks again :)!!!

[@darkWorkOne]

Awesome, thanks for watching! We lived there about the same time. I was there from 87-90. I haven't been back since 2000, but I hope to in the next couple years.

[@stecher1995]

@@darkWorkOne its definitely still worth to visit, and if you were here back than and u are curious how changed u should. Now germany is full of foreigners, but still nice. I'm germanrussian myself, but damn germany is not germany anymore 😂

[@darkWorkOne]

@@stecher1995 Good to know! I'm planning a Germany visit next summer in 2024. Hopefully it comes together!

[@stecher1995]

@@darkWorkOne I was just born 1995 but my family cousins and all moved from Kazakhstan to germany about 1990. They all say it changed so much and it really like that. When I was 10 I was like with 2 3 people the only nongermans. Now it is atleast 80% foreigners in a class. It is a bit weird, because I think the german culture could be forgetten soon.

[@luizrodrigues963]

666í6íi

[@neilfoster814]

For me, one of the saddest deaths at the wall was that of 18 year old Peter Fechter. Shot in the hip right at the foot of the western wall and although he was screaming for help, not one single person went to his aid. It took over an hour for him to bleed to death, after which the Grenztruppen came to collect his cold and lifeless body. So sad.

[@darkWorkOne]

Oh wow, that's so sad. Thanks for the info

[@margritpiepes8242]

Yes and the shooter got rewarded with extra vacation🤨🤨🤨🙄🙄

[@memesthatmakeyouwannadie3133]

Excellent primary source. A real moment in world history.

[@moritzmusik5826]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I was traveling to Berlin from my native Munich during autumn school break vacation with a couple of my friends. The trip was exactly one week before the Wall came down. We were visiting many of the sights that are shown in this video and crossed the border to East Berlin at Friedrichstrasse for a day visit, which was permissible for West German citizens. When we were back in school a week later, we saw the fall of the Wall on TV. This video transports me back to that moment in time. Many thanks again!

[@darkWorkOne]

Glad to share, thanks for watching!

[@knockshinnoch1950]

Fascinating- to be there just hours before history rocks on its axis. We just never quite know what is over the horizon. The ordinary and mundane routines can be swept away in an instant.

[@darkWorkOne]

Absolutely! It was just a normal vacation up to that point...well, visiting East Berlin wasn't that normal to begin with (in the subsequent video on my channel), haha

[@thestarmister]

I love this footage. I used to live next to the US military barracks. I moved away a year ago, but I still don't live far away. Kind greetings from Berlin! :)

[@darkWorkOne]

Glad to share, thanks for watching!

[@user-pz7lg7hc1t]

Ви хотіли переїхати жити в Східний Берлін в ті часи?

[@timothyfitzgerald7394]

I am in Berlin at this very moment. It's totally surreal to watch this footage after just having walked through Brandenburg Gate. Good shit!

[@darkWorkOne]

That's awesome, I can't wait to visit again one day!

[@laceyc5739]

This is so cool. Gotta share!

[@darkWorkOne]

Thanks! I thought so 😀

[@ricardolacerda9889]

Wonderful footage!

[@darkWorkOne]

Thanks!

[@PeterMayer]

I was there, Summer of 1974, living with my grandfather in West Berlin. We were there a month. Went into Sunny East Berlin to visit my grandmother's grave. My wife and I went in 1988 to visit my relatives in West Berlin. A year before that monstrosity came down. We came back in 2008 along with our son who was 9 years old. It was amazing. The b******* are gone!

[@darkWorkOne]

Thanks for sharing your experience and watching!

[@charlesdarks8850]

This is unbelievable, I don't think there are much other amateur videos of Berlin the day before the fall.

[@darkWorkOne]

Thanks so much for watching! More videos on the way once I convert from VHS, edit and upload

[@charlesdarks8850]

@@darkWorkOne man you were part of the history without knowing it, unbelievable.

[@e-mat6077]

The bump on the left in the death strip at 2:42 is what was left of Hitler´s bunker.

[@emirvmendoza]

11:00 Winfried Freudenberg, the last person trying to flee East Berlin (by flying across the Berlin Wall in a gas balloon - "Ballonflucht") to die

[@raimae48]

He didn't fly from East Berlin to West Berlin. He flew from East Gernmany (German Democratic Republic) to West Germany (Federal Repblic of Germany). This is far away from Berlin.

[@emirvmendoza]

11:10, 11:28, 11:37 "Unbekannt", meaning unknown. Were they identified after Mauerfall (fall of the wall)?

[@poncho6784]

This is how Putin wants to see Europe divided once again. May we never forget the true price of freedom. 🇺🇦🇺🇸

[@darkWorkOne]

Absolutely!

[@majy1735]

08:40 what a stupid comment by the guide! The anniversary of the October Revolution was not "a couple of weeks ago", it was actually just one day before. She completely fails to take into account the gap between the Gregorian and the Julian calendars. The so-called October Revolution took place on 7 November 1917 by our (Gregorian) calendar. It was then 24 October 1917 by the Julian calendar, which was still in use in the Russian society. This guide is really ignorant.

[@darkWorkOne]

The guide also says the Brandenburg gate is the site where JFK spoke, which isn't accurate either. What can you say...it was tough times pre-internet to fact check stuff...needed an encyclopedia.

[@barse27]

Thank you sir

[@teachermike1947]

Hello from Cambodia! Great Channel!!

[@darkWorkOne]

Thanks, and thanks for watching!

[@gourlishvideos]

I find the remark in this video about the East Germans not being able to get rid of the reflective cross on the TV tower quite a clever reference to East Germany being an atheist state where the government actively discouraged religion. I suspect if you were looking at it from a different angle in East Berlin at the same time, you wouldn't have seen it, though you probably would have done at other times of day.

[@EuroScot2023]

Duh! It's called a reflection!

[@darkWorkOne]

Haha, that's what I was thinking watching this back...in the video my parents were acting like it was some kind of miracle that the sun was reflecting off of glass. (I was one of the kids in the video)

[@user-pz7lg7hc1t]

Але Західна Німеччина теж дуже атеїстична

[@JeffreyCC]

Does anyone know where they are driving @ 0:50?

[@darkWorkOne]

I'd like to know that as well. The tour guide mentions "This castle-like building coming up on the front left of the bus was built originally as barracks for Prussian (unintelligible) in the early 1700s." I've found a few places on Google that look similar based on that description, but I can't be sure.

[@JeffreyCC]

​​@@darkWorkOne _'The Jeans'_ still exist and it is on the Mehringdamm and the _'castle-like'_ building is the _'Finanzamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg'_ I can't post links. The bus drives north and the camera is facing right.

[@darkWorkOne]

@@JeffreyCC Thank you so much, I've updated the description and subtitles with this info!

[@emirvmendoza]

9:32 Now once again the site of the German parliament Bundestag

[@Andrey_Shuplat05]

Ехххх хотів би я вернутись в 70-80ті роки. Еххх ностальгія

[@wolfgang6915]

Putin = Hitler

[@maksym_x]

а воно вам треба?)

[@kennedysan1045]

When did you realise that the wall was coming down? Was it the commotion outside, tv, it must've been an amazing moment to be there .

[@darkWorkOne]

Well, I was one of the kids in the video, so my memories are a bit fuzzy. I knew what was happening was important at the time, but I didn't realize the full historical impact until years later. But I do remember waking up in the middle of the night in our hotel (Nov 9) to cars honking and people in the street. I wasn't made aware of what was happening until after we went to the Berlin zoo the next morning of Nov. 10th when we went to Checkpoint Charlie to welcome the East Germans over. I'm not sure if my parents (who were filming) knew before that or not, but I'm sure they did.

[@kennedysan1045]

@@darkWorkOne such great timing.... I bet you're saddened that you missed the impromptu David Hasselhoff concert though, haha.

[@darkWorkOne]

@@kennedysan1045 Oh dang, you're right. I missed The Hoff. 🤣

[@sobelou]

Nice video. But frankly, the laughter at 11.10, precisely when the crosses with the fallen trying to cross the wall appear, it's so inappropriate.... couldn't it have been edited out?

[@darkWorkOne]

Thanks! Yes, I should have edited it out. Someone else brought it to my attention as well. Unfortunately, I'd have to delete the entire video and re-upload. He is laughing at something off camera unrelated, but the timing is bad.

[@darkWorkOne]

I was able to figure it out and edit it out of the video using built in KZbin editing tools! It may take a day or clearing browser cache to get the updated change. But, thank you for bringing to my attention again! I agree it was a distraction for the somber message of the video.

[@sobelou]

@@darkWorkOne Very thoughtful on your part, thank you!

[@darkWorkOne]

​@sobelou thanks for bringing it to my attention! I'm glad I was able to figure it out

[@magnusa3728]

Interesting!!

[@darkWorkOne]

Thanks for watching!

[@emirvmendoza]

Is this your family?

[@darkWorkOne]

Yes, thanks for watching!

[@tonylarussa4046]

She was using a 110 camera in the beginning of the video. I have not seen one of those in over 20 years!!!

[@darkWorkOne]

I don't think I've used that kind of camera since around the time of this video

[@margritpiepes8242]

There are two movies about east Germany one is about a bunch of Police patrol border guards on the night of the fall of the wall ,the other is a about a son whose mother is sick and he don't want her to know about the fall of the wall because she could get a heart attack .both very good movies just don't know the titles

[@darkWorkOne]

I'd be interested in these if you or anyone else knows!

[@margritpiepes8242]

@@darkWorkOne they are called "Goodbye Lenin " and " Bornholmer Strasse" ( Wich is like a Comedy) to say that myself I never took these Border patrol people serious anyways they where all prisoners of a leftover Nazi state ( very sad but true)

[@darkWorkOne]

@@margritpiepes8242 Thanks so much! I'm going to check them out.

[@acciid]

Goodbye Lenin's a great film

[@margritpiepes8242]

@@acciid yes it is very Heartfelt and the Son also played in other movies ( with Brad Pitt,Inglorious Bastards)

[@peternewman3487]

I wish that it had opened on the eighth of November as that was my birthday. I’m half English and half German. My late mother was born in Rostock.

[@darkWorkOne]

That would've been a great birthday surprise!

[@peternewman3487]

@@darkWorkOne. But at least the wall opened. I was so excited and I was able to visit my East German relatives in Berlin in 1990.

[@darkWorkOne]

@@peternewman3487 That's great! I can't imagine what that must have felt like. While I got to experience the Fall of the Wall, I couldn't begin to know what it was like for families separated and reunited.

[@worldsgreatestdude1784]

Not knowing what would happen the next day

[@darkWorkOne]

We had no idea in the slightest! Luckily, we stuck around and got to experience the Fall (seen in the other videos on my channel). It would've been awful if we left Berlin before it happened and missed out on history.

[@petermitchelmore2592]

At the wall memorial, many signs say “unbekannt” - unknown.

[@tulayeker4379]

Ich liber dich berlin

[@reneartois7467]

Brandenburg gate Its not were Kennedy spoke

[@mt_gox]

that was where lincoln posed for his penny photo

[@darkWorkOne]

Haha

[@satishtummala5084]

Reagan spoke there

[@hannofranz7973]

Right. He spoke at Rathaus Schöneberg, which had turned into the town hall of West-Berlin.

[@tulayeker4379]

Guten tag meine meine libe sehr wilen dang für şchöne berlin ich libe wil berlin

[@viktoriuke1]

how I envied you, my Germans, then, in the autumn of 1989!! You have already become free! And I'm not in the USSR yet! The prison of nations was standing! We were guarded there, tanks, planes, armed gloomy soldiers. Until I personally got out of this damned wall around the USSR! From this huge prison! Where we were prisoners! And the guards were communists! Wie habe ich euch damals, meine liebe Deutschen, damals im Herbst 1989 beneidet!! Ihr seit bereits frei geworden! Und wir noch nicht!!! Ich war immer noch in der UdSSR eingesperrt im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes! Das Gefängnis der Nationen stand noch! Wir wurden dort bewacht, Panzer, Flugzeuge, bewaffnete düstere sowjetische Soldaten! Bis in die Zähne bewaffnet!! Aber ich habe es doch im Juli 1990 geschafft! aus dieser verdammten Mauer um die UdSSR rauszubrechen! Aus diesem riesigen Gefängnis: UdSSR! Wo wir Gefangene waren! Und die Wachen waren Kommunisten!

[@darkWorkOne]

Glad you made it out!

[@ramblingman66]

My ex wife went into labour the evening of the 9th November 1989 as the news was unfolding in East Berlin, our daughter was born the morning of the 10th ,so remember this going on the TV at hospital. Historical time.

[@darkWorkOne]

Oh wow, that's an easy way to remember both dates, haha

[@tulayeker4379]

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[@wladjarosz345]

2:26 NS-Germany = USSR

[@wolfgang6915]

Putin = Hitler

[@ericwright1840]

Can you imagine telling your kids.We are going to West Berlin.Instead of going to Walt Disney World this year.The are 💬🤔 thinking I'm going to put them in cheap run down rest home 🏠.For this.

[@darkWorkOne]

Not exactly sure what you're trying to say, but we lived in another part of Germany at the time.

[@ericwright1840]

I don't know how to explain it to you.I would rather go to Disney.Than to east Berlin before the wall came down.East Berlin looked so depressing.

[@darkWorkOne]

​@@ericwright1840 This trip occurred during the Fall of the Wall, not just before it. I'm glad I saw the Fall of the Berlin Wall in person and witnessed history. Not many people can say that...but to each their own.

[@ericwright1840]

@@darkWorkOne cool 😎

[@fangio5064]

I'm sure his kids were grateful they were able to be in such a historic city during one of the most pivotal and significant moments of the last 50+ years

[@eamonxofarrell]

The lesson is that things can change very quickly. God Bless America.

[@darkWorkOne]

Absolutely, even if by mistake!

[@garylee9738]

Where’s Adof Hitler Straße?

[@AlkoDehond-xz3js]

Ik klik je weg ! Als je niets meer te bieden hebt laat het dan .

[@BaluDerBaer933]

"In the Reischtak!" ;-)