The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall - Konrad H. Jarausch

[@TEDEd]

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[@AoH_player]

Nice!

[@toast69496]

Wew

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*"Ich bin ein Berliner"* ~ John F. Kennedy, USA President (1961-1963); June 26th, 1963, West Berlin

[@hasrouni1234567890]

@@AoH_player🎉q

[@dude_who_does_stuff]

TedEd It sounds likes DepEd

[@Lena-xz1xw]

My mum grew up in eastern Germany while my dad grew up in the west. It's so interesting to hear the completely different stories about their childhood and youth, although they technically grew up in the same country. I still can't imagine how life was back then.

[@convergentradius]

OlO

[@annorakanon]

Wow... Must be interesting asking them "How did you meet each other?"... Like, really. If I were you, I'd definetly ask them.

[@Lena-xz1xw]

@@annorakanon they met after the border was opened. My mum immediately went to western Germany to live with a distant relative and start working there. My parents met at my mums work. My mum often tells me stories about how she got sent things from western Germany as a child and had no idea what do do with them because technology was less developed in the eastern part of Germany.

[@mirboy9570]

@@Lena-xz1xw please tell some diffrences between their childhoods and how they grew up. Anything. I am so damn curious.

[@manasmahanand732]

@@Lena-xz1xw Did your mom prefer east or west? Might be a silly question, but I'm just curious...

[@history9740]

That guy with the tank.....legend

[@mariae.8160]

Imagine becoming old, getting out of jail and tell to your grandchildrens proudly, "I crash a thank against the berlin wall"

[@arandomfinnin1941]

Your profile pic tho...

[@Fuwatoruuu]

NaTo?!

[@MrTheEnderMason]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b53EfamEfJWNY6s although it was not a "real" tank but an armored personnel carrier BTR-152 it was still a legendary idea

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*_O H Y E A H!!!_*

[@asjkdhs9179]

The last line in the story is so beautiful: "Today the parts of the wall still stand as a reminder that any barrier we put up to impede freedom, we can also break down."

[@johannescolin3603]

ALIRO LOVE The wall was to keep out people, not keep in. If you enter illegally, you are arrested, regardless if immigrant or not. It was to preserve the freedom of the people inside. You wouldn’t want strangers in your home. That’s the case for the USA. I’m also saying this as a foreigner not even living in the USA.

[@fiveoclock7829]

@@johannescolin3603 i get where you're coming from, but there's a limit. There was a point where Trump put in a policy that separated children from their parents if they passed the wall. Let me put emphasis on that, *he separated children from their parents*. Afterwards, they tried to justify it, by saying that the children were being treated well, that they were living in better conditions than they were back in mexico, etc, etc. But that really isn't the point, the point is that children WERE BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS. Of course, after a while, he fixed it and blamed the democrats- You know, it's kinda funny, most of the problems he fixes were ones he caused-

[@johannescolin3603]

Lili Marlene Yeah, that was probably the only thing that I hated about the America Wall, that was a very bad policy.

[@lynxo5695]

Dude, your username WTF

[@kaloyanmanchev6613]

@@fiveoclock7829 I mean breaking the law makes you a bad parent. So it's logical stopping criminals from making their children criminals.

[@abeestosruinsageneration3725]

Can we just stop and appreciate the animation? These guys are amazing animators.

[@polygonalfortress]

i love the animation style

[@repressedtears8568]

IKR If it wasn't for the color difference I would've been totally lost

[@zankisfine3816]

Remus&Kiki is there channel name

[@ay_itsnic6594]

Ya got Kurzgesagt too

[@VincitOmniaVeritas7]

Reminds me of Samurai Zack and other genndy tartakovsky animations

[@mymoonly]

4:17 they did not just flew that air balloon, they built it themselves. The ballon crashed in west Germany and the passengers weren’t sure if they really passed the border and asked the next best person. „Yes, this is the BRD. Did you really use THAT to cross the border“ Best story haha. Those refugees were from Pößneck, pretty close to where I live. My parents told me that story when I was little, they even knew these people ^^

[@pranavkondapalli9306]

damn, that's interesting

[@diamondowl9321]

Pretty sure there’s a movie about that

[@thewordyoulove137]

@@diamondowl9321 whats it called?

[@tomtom1302]

@@thewordyoulove137 it's called "Der Ballon" in German and I think just "balloon" in English

[@_nostrafamous_]

It's a fantastic film!

[@paulhan1615]

As a Korean, I wonder whether my country can be reunified like that again. After the fall of Berlin Wall, we were also very enthusiastic and optimistic that same thing will soon happen in Korea's DMZ as well, but no luck. Tensions only getting worse. Always makes me sigh when I think about this.

[@defne2718]

paul han i wish the complete best for you. I have research a lot into south and north korea and i can only say how much i wish the best can happen for the north koreans.

[@smo-king6504]

The north korean people are broken. They need motivation they aren't making monday marches for reunification

[@cartersmith6628]

As an American, I wish you luck and hope that your country will reunite soon and I hope you’ll remember that a lot of our greatest changes came through times of hardship. Just because times are hard doesn’t mean you should give up hope. If anything there’s a greater chance that people will be fed up with the bad and have that much more drive to do what’s right.

[@TunjungUtomo]

when I watch the movie Taegukgi, I felt great anger and pity, because I don't think you Korean people deserved to be separated like that. sometimes ego and ambition sacrifices something more profound like family and human-relation. Here's wishing you Korean people will someday able to reunite

[@kianpl31]

Paul Han yeah I have a question how did Harry become a wizard

[@BastionMarshall]

Hi, I have my degree in Germanic Studies. There's a slight inaccuracy on why the wall opened. It was a mistake made by a journalist announcer about the new travel plans. He missed the briefing on the new regulations and so when asked when this would come into place, he said Immediately. So people listening to the broadcast in East Berlin got excited and swamped the unsuspecting guard station and thankfully let them through instead of conflict. It's hugely famous in Germany, so I'm surprised that was missed.Look up Günter Schabowski for more details!

[@sirescanor3936]

Eben so wars eigentlich

[@jminkvihubyb]

I'm curious... How did you decide on that field of study?

[@madihatasnim6971]

just to state that when people talk about history … it is often quite bias for example if u teach history... you might give it in your own perspective same as everyone else

[@equarg]

Bastion Marshall Yep. One slip of the tongue basically changed history and tore down a wall.

[@jc.maccount5945]

Yeah, i was hoping to hear this story on the vid. It was a huge misunderstanding 😅

[@RainAngel111]

It's so shocking to me that Germany only reunified in 1990! That feels like barely any time, but Germany seems like such a unified nation now

[@mg4361]

You can still see the effects of the split here. There are differences in development levels and political leanings, as well as some prejudice from the western part of the country towards the East.

[@yeetionary]

@@mg4361 east berlin has more yellow lights too

[@bishopkniight8806]

When I visited Berlin, I was surprised when I felt like I was in a whole nother country. Now I know!

[@masterofdoots5965]

I just find it crazy how Germany has been in its modern state for less time than it was divided for

[@mistahcow]

you can still see the differences. for example: most of the people in eastern berlin still use the typical russian yellow lightbulbs while western berlin mostly uses the white ones

[@4shi10]

“Otherwise, there were normal people” 5 seconds later *AND DROVE A STOLEN TANK THROUGH THE WALL*

[@de0509]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n52zeH-gbZysmNE Meet the Man Who Escaped the Soviet Bloc in a Homemade Plane

[@ComfyBoi404]

War can make a peaceful individual do the unthinkable.

[@tzeningloh3034]

The bullets can't hit us if we Naruto run

[@Lappu1984]

The proper way to deal with communists

[@penguingaming6431]

I agree

[@vanessalago5516]

the guy with the tank was called Wolfgang Engels and apparently he met some other ppl along the way and asked, 'I'm gonna go to the West, wanna go?'

[@othrwrldlysystm]

"get in losers, we're crossing the border" -wolfgang probably

[@Anindyatejo]

Imagine if one of the people was a Stasi..... Plot twist: The Stasi guy also wanted to escape East Germany

[@Bobstan]

The tank he stole was a BTR-152 and it happened in 1963

[@ispeakforthetrees69]

This guy is amazing.

[@sayani6180]

Engels... hmm... interesting

[@wyattjohns3350]

I just want to know the story behind the guy that stole a tank.

[@velaszanco2051]

Me too

[@markaldrichsoria466]

Me 2

[@giovannicervantes6147]

Is a Babushka that found out that her son was hungry but he was in West Germany

[@Funkestech]

Interesting story, but many people have stolen tanks, even in the US.

[@donut5818]

Respect: +5

[@ravikurukulasooriya6788]

The guy who stole the tank: “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move”

[@YoungCytoplasm]

The ussr is going to commit something illegal

[@chillywilly4473]

Must have been breaking into Fort Zancudo for practice.

[@howaboutno7429]

@@chillywilly4473 lol

[@ruslansadikov6324]

That was sure a think tank.

[@maxabeles]

@@ruslansadikov6324 lmao good one

[@MightyMo431]

I just noticed that when the wall was brought down everybody was purple bc west and east where blue and red 👌

[@skywarslord4680]

That’s good attention to detail

[@asheefaazmialifia3069]

And the smooth animation tho its smooth

[@skelebop78yearsago58]

small but gold

[@anmoldhingra4585]

Nice

[@tabthecabbit3354]

When I was in 6th Grade, we were studying the Berlin Wall for one of our subjects. And my history teacher even had a piece of the Berlin Wall that he showed to the entire class.

[@shubhrajit2117]

Sounds like the fall of Bastille (after which people sold off the fortress fragments)

[@hwgoblin]

I wonder how he got it :O

[@MooRhy]

@@hwgoblin The demolition company sold parts of the wall as a souvenir. From small pieces to entire sections.

[@thecourtjester1931]

He had a piece of history

[@atlan_tyda]

Thousands wall pieces are still on sale as souvenirs in local shops) (I have one as well🥲)

[@froggdoggs8551]

my grandma lived there once and told me how she would pretend to whisper into her coat button in front of police booths just to annoy them

[@ophie71]

LMAO

[@ifrmics]

BYEEE

[@coachhbosoccer]

Omg lmao

[@ispeakforthetrees69]

Bloody brilliant

[@N0tTh3Pr0]

Yo! Your grandma’s a badass….

[@greenivy713]

I'm from Germany and two years ago my aunt was giving me and my cousins tiny pieces of the Berlin Wall as christmas presents from a trip she was on. It got really precious to me, though I do not know any stories about it from my direct family members. Though history wasn't my favorite subject in school I did always understood that it's extremely important to know about it. I've seen some parts of the wall in museums and in Berlin itself and what impressed me was how scribbled they are. There are many graffitis on it and some are displayed as works of art, painted by some artist. By now it's really hard to collect a piece of it. Last words from a show I love: "History is important, gentlemen. If you can't learn from it, you're destined to repeat it."

[@Antonio-fj5gs]

Ich bin ein Berliner

[@georgiab5102]

Kennedy once said, “Democracy is not perfect, but at least we do not have to build a wall to keep our people in.”

[@esmeislame6179]

And look at now America:) i really dispise that wall that he wants to build

[@stephensungenis879]

@@esmeislame6179 he is not building a wall to keep our people in

[@tormentedangel667]

Stephen Sungenis but he is.. *to keep people out. Like the Berlin Wall.*

[@_LHW_]

Mexican Tattletail But it is keeping people out in this case illegal immigrants but it is possible to get passed it if you immigrate legally

[@MSPaintDaily]

@@_LHW_ just wondering how does one immigrate legally from there?

[@TheShapingSickness]

Impossible not to get emotional, I can't fathom what the people felt at the moment.

[@melon7247]

When you're just guarding the wall quietly Then suddenly you hear *boss music*

[@Temi222]

*haha hot air balloon go brrrrrr*

[@aleksandarvil5718]

November 9th 1989: Berlin Wall: *"East Germany, I Don't Feel So Good!"*

[@planetofgamespog8242]

*WE WILL USE TANKS, WE WILL USE HOT AIR BALLONS, WE'LL USE THE DAMN HOMEMADE ROCKETS AND SMASH THROUGH THE DAMN WALL*

[@samsilverman8579]

@@planetofgamespog8242 you mean bottlerokets

[@goodlifelolxdidkidk9141]

And then you here ENEMY MC130

[@ananonynoussauce7616]

Some extra info: Of the 5000 people that made it acrosss the wall, 570 were border guards.

[@thelastcube.]

Michael Horn lol

[@greezen]

Chaitanya Singh I thought I had a scratch on my screen, but it was your profile

[@Firmus777]

No discipline at all :(

[@ill_change_this_later_prob9286]

interesting...

[@mrcubone9761]

Michael Horn RLY?

[@San-jn6bm]

Girl: come over Boy: i can't, there's berlin wall Girl: im home alone Boy: *blitzkrieg* *starting tank engine

[@kiithsomtaaw2433]

borders guard: why do i here boss music

[@aj4138]

This made me lol

[@beawife]

Oh shoot it’s corona virus

[@moss3444]

*starting Thomas the tank engine

[@Powiratel]

They are Panzer elite!..

[@_ysai]

The Berlin Wall is like the Demilitarized zone in Korea. After the Korean War, the Soviet Union took the North while America took the South

[@sjcm711]

ya, we know. don't need to say that.

[@joechickenhead6358]

MusicalAsian the Soviet Union wasn’t in the Korean War it was the Chinese

[@cornelladyas1134]

so there is a chance both of them united

[@therowan8704]

@@joechickenhead6358 yeah but it was still the Soviets who set up north Korea.

[@youdeservetobehappynow7584]

Yeah

[@agerman-speakingfilipino4138]

The detail with the stolen tank was actually a true story. A man named Wolfgang Engels actually stole an armored vehicle and crashed it through the wall. Fortunately, he made it to safety after people from a nearby bar in the Western half took him to safety.

[@rorysnow7937]

Hanging out with him in that bar afterwards must have been legendary.

[@ckyth]

He was destiny for him to got to the bar. I mean, he has the name Wolfgang for crying out loud!

[@burgermr9821]

Legend.

[@kawaiigirl1482]

That’s freaking hilarious. I like to imagine that he just looked at the keys in the tank, smiled to himself, and thought “oh boy am I gonna have fun tonight!”

[@NEOGANE]

So... Engels turned capitalist ?^^

[@artemisarrow179]

Capitalism: build walls to stop people from coming in Communism: build walls to stop people from getting out

[@billyjohnson3674]

Each has their reasons.

[@billyjohnson3674]

@Legend27 Koké Kaboosh.

[@freshprince9382]

that's a very nice one

[@pepeov3006]

bassically the USA and the DPRK

[@Zyra-Not-The-LOL-One]

Legend27 Koké WWHHOOOOSSHH It’s a double whoosh

[@cococaramel3757]

TedED could you guys make one of these videos for the Korean division? It's not reunited yet, but maybe explaining on detail how the division came to be will be something to learn about. Thank you ♡

[@mitsukihikarikoizumi7326]

Coco Caramel if those citizens of north korea and south korea united and start revolution against north korean officials they will be defeated just like this.

[@cococaramel3757]

Jason I hope so. It's so sad that it has been separated for so long...one same country that was divided by foreign powers. I sincerely hope I will see the reunification during my lifetime.

[@maxweber4818]

It would be so cringy they would just fill it with anti-North Korean propaganda.

[@amievenrosie4866]

There may be still complications most North Koreans are taught from a young age that the South is their worst enemy, even if they do come together there will still be those who are anti-North korean and it could be the same for how some of the North feels about the South... Though all that aside I want all those people to have a taste of freedom.

[@maxweber4818]

Wow, you follow the American propagandists line to a t.

[@omegraptorch3624]

Funny thing: One piece of the Berlin Wall is located in South Africa. On a random street.

[@Toqq]

I think they may have miscalculated the size of the wall. I think.

[@teganstea5012]

I live in South Africa and it's located near a mall, that's well known I think and I don't think it was on a random street because they can't have just put it there. To be honest, I myself don't know why it's there and not in a museum but it's cemented into the ground so oh well.

[@uwuowo7363]

Thats mostly arount the whole world pieces of the berlin wall became so popular that many people want it. In a city near my city (i live in germany) there is also a piece

[@blinthepannkek6173]

*HmMmMmM*

[@Hurricane2k8]

@Alfa&Omega 00000 Some segments of the Wall were given away as gifts to foreign nations, acting as memorials of the divided Germany and the Cold War in general.

[@jinkyungkim7778]

As a Korean too, I wish our countries could reunite again. Schools, Organizations are working so hard to reunite,but the tensions are getting worse and worse.

[@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421]

I think you'll enjoy the movie Joint Security Area. It shows just how fragile the tension truly is.

[@jemberlou]

Ok but can we talk about the art style and color palettes for a sec? It’s so beautiful

[@alinaozolin8754]

Yeah! And the artsyle is so cool, and the animations are so clean, it's a joy to look at :)

[@supplanterdefender3978]

Legitimately cried at 4:58 seeing the soldier’s reaction and 6:09. Real message.

[@hwgoblin]

Scene at 4:28 hit *so* hard.

[@aspodermousstoplight100]

Guy: Hey, can I use the bathroom? Other guy: Sorry dude, Berlin Wall came through my toilet.

[@bakatako9857]

Adam ruins everything

[@novastar8327]

Lol

[@KudosK42]

Baka Tako Ok, what’s that?

[@shirosocool2938]

Dont you just hate it when a wall just appears in your bathroom?

[@batmov1199]

@Itz_Poof Yeah, I really don't like when that happens.

[@jimentusfrost2048]

"You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain" - Soviet Union '89

[@vsaucepuppet697]

long before the berlin wall, the soviet union had been intentionally inducing famines in countries like Ukraine (leaving 6-10 million people dead) to squash Stalin-resistance, so I just don't really think it's fair to say the Soviet Union as a ruling institution was ever heroic at all.

[@rainz-wu3sx]

I die as a communist dictator

[@basmalasaad3039]

@@vsaucepuppet697 I didn't know that many people died in Ukraine- we learnt at school that 5 million died

[@coachhbosoccer]

I actually thought that came from Harvey Dent in Batman lol

[@elvixpro7693]

USA 🤔

[@Schattenmaler]

Ok since the video was very superficial in the end (even though its such a good and intersting story): On 9th november 1989 the DDR Press speaker Günter Schabowski made an anouncement saying that a new law was set in place that enables all citizens to leave the DDR (what he misses to say: citizens have to apply to leave). Next he is asked when this law will be in force and he answers "To my knowledge... thats... right away, immediatly.". Fifteen minutes later the west german television (which could be and was watched by most east germans) declared in regards to Schaboskis statement that the wall is open. Thousands of citizens go on the streets in order to leave, but the guards withstand the crowds to arround 11 pm. Then the borders are finally open. So a badly informed press speaker makes a mistake, west german media brings the news to the east german people and suddenly the east german regime has no other choice than to give in. It was a coincidence, but it probably whould have happend either way months or years later, because of the common protests, low moral and the generally bad state the Soviet Union was in.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Schattenmaler That's amazing

[@deplepxep]

Germany was really blessed !

[@dukeofmania6504]

A great coincidence

[@thevirtuoso3883]

one has to wonder was it a mistake or was it all planned .....who knows...

[@andmos1001]

To think to this day, that televised celebration was regared as the end of the Cold War in the West and the eventual downfall for USSR.

[@lillyie]

*German Democratic Republic* Well yes, but actually no

[@jc.maccount5945]

They make people confuse 😂

[@GeraldDeBelen]

Democratic People's Republic of Korea, eh?

[@jc.maccount5945]

@@GeraldDeBelen ehh

[@sunrise5710]

Bahahahaha

[@kirb_erus]

@Lord Farquaad Oh yeah DDR means Dance Dance Revolution

[@quivinpabalate5904]

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller

[@AnhLe-vj8wg]

Exactly

[@royal-tea3063]

Ken Pabz that is an amazing quote

[@mihkelmartkivisild8201]

Elvin deSouza bruh

[@justafan.5577]

“Yo bruh wanna destroy Some iro curtians?” - probably Some Guy in the 1980’s

[@royal-tea3063]

Elvin deSouza no she was alive long before them and wrote books even though she was blind

[@Andreus9733]

Keeping parts of these walls on display is such a beautiful way to preserve history

[@celestiaXX]

Just imagine. Your a guard, everything is completely normal. And then, you hear tractor noises *IT'S TANK TIME*

[@rendezvous.mp3208]

I can image like three guards being bored but still doing their jobs, then they hear those tractor sounds, then BANG a tank crashes though the wall and the three workers run screaming like banshees.

[@Milesco]

_"The A Team"_ theme music blaring...

[@joeyhardin5903]

thomas the tank engine do kinda be like

[@user-eo6lu5yd9j]

yOu’rE

[@emily-ei9yd]

i’m your 1000th like!!

[@jogclemson4430]

4:18 "I bet you weren't expecting a goddamn tank you losers"- concerned German citizen

[@odinn8169]

Nobody expects the tank inqestion

[@jepgisdepressed]

And he is still alive!! Wolfgang Engels still alive and well!! I can't believe it, I thought he was shot that day lmao. Like how???

[@RavenMatthew]

​@@jepgisdepressed how old is he?

[@liliu5250]

@@RavenMatthew80-81 according to Wikipedia

[@liliu5250]

@@jepgisdepressedhe was actually shot twice that day after his tank got stuck, but west Germans pulled him to safety and a policeman from west Germany got into a fight with the east guard who was attacking him

[@ryanmalady376]

"We're a Democratic Republic!" "OK, can I vote you out and get someone else in? " "no"

[@amizhdhinisn3881]

Soooo true

[@floridgold8837]

I think you misinterpret the word 'democracy'. That is not about liberty, but about equality, though the terms are connected with each other.

[@ryanmalady376]

@@floridgold8837 Oxford dictionary defines democracy as a system of government in which the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives. It's not about equality, it's about how government is elected. If you're not voting for your leaders it's not democratic

[@superduperfreakyDj]

@@ryanmalady376 Well they did vote for their representatives, just not their presidents.

[@LordBob]

@@ryanmalady376 a republic is one where they vote for representatives. a democracy is where they just vote on issues outright.

[@daniazara7076]

Respect to the person that crashed the wall with a tank without hesitation 😭🙌

[@duyenphanthi2228]

that guy get 100 points.

[@memesterjoey7607]

3:18 _“As the wall expanded, it became more difficult”_ Bird: I see no god *_OTHER THAN ME_*

[@Lucky-zo8is]

*arrogant bird noises*

[@potatoslayer5963]

😂😂😂

[@GlobalDefenceForce_694]

Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅

[@อัษฏ์โชติพูนธีรพัฒน์]

Oof

[@zamane1234]

I- 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@UP4014]

The guy that stole a tank and drove it through the Berlin Wall is truly a legend

[@hwgoblin]

*AGREED.*

[@thatoneguy611]

There were weak points throughout the wall that were built to allow a tank to smash through in case they needed to get tanks across the wall

[@lepusistlich6930]

German problems require German solutions.

[@scoutcroot2733]

My school has a broken off chunk of the Berlin Wall which I allways thought was cool

[@nealpickett9159]

So do I. Was quite easy to get one if you visited Berlin in 1990, just find a bit and break off a chunk!

[@jokingliskekommandeurlp4309]

Sehr witzig

[@priscillachapkylo934]

Lucky fellow something unique, .

[@nequinu]

Nobody: Some guy who somehow stole a tank: *haha tank go vroom*

[@longpants7894]

*vroooom*

[@Indigoblu2]

his name was wolfgang engles and he was a military dude :D

[@darrendavies5704]

Berlin Wall: *Exists* The people: I’m about to end this wall’s whole career.

[@silveriomonterroso798]

Weedlegaming 101 I see ur a man of culture as well

[@Alkalus]

And they did

[@hyltoniali257]

Border exists, former East Deutschland remains undeveloped without enterprise investment

[@iamarizonaball2642]

Weedle I made a messed up version of rocitizens wanna join my name is wolverinefan99

[@Lucky-zo8is]

the tank, you mean. 😂

[@abc-di1pk]

I have a story to tell, Long before I was born, and a few years before my mother was born, my grandparents were making the hardest decision of their lives, ,"Jürgen, solten wir das wirklich machen? Ich hab angst, komm, nein, mach das nicht!" "Jürgen, should we really do it? I'm scared.. come on.. don't do it!" My grandmother was probably saying something like that, and i'm glad that they didn't try to escape the east side with their friends.. After my Grandfather picked up my Grandmother from the train station from work after their friends tried to escape, he looked around to make sure nobody was there to listen ,"Dar sind neue leute die dar jest leben Brunhilde." ,"There are new people now living there Brunhilde." ,"Was!?" ,"What!?" I'm glad they didn't escape with their buddies, otherwise.. they would've been caught, and they wouldn't have had my mother, because it was only after 3 years that they were freed from prison and sold to West Germany, they would've fallen out by that time.. After that, my Grandfather did a foolish thing, he was writing a letter to a friend- 'Ich bin frei, wir sind alle frei' 'I am free, we are all free' He wrote something like that and sent it off, only it wasn't the usual postman who collected their letters, because their usual one was sick and the new postman read the letter. His studies were posteponed, because otherwise, my Grandmother told me, he could've become a Proffesor. Because of three words,' I AM FREE' after that he was put into a labour party by my Great grandfather which prevented him from being pulled into another one, where he could've been made into Secret Service, and that wouldn't have been good, because he somehow had access to Western TV. Thank you for reading this, I felt it was important to share this real story, if you have any questions, ask me.

[@sr.6001]

Question: In which year did this happen?

[@abc-di1pk]

@@sr.6001 I'm not sure.. 1975 or so (Just a guess)) for the first escaping bit, and the letter might have actually been before that.. (Dont think so) But I think that was in 1979

[@cloroxbleach7377]

GIVE THIS MAN MORE LIKES

[@abc-di1pk]

@@cloroxbleach7377 Thanks!

[@andrewhung3863]

Are you're grandparents still alive, and is your grandfather a professor now

[@glanced9684]

The rise and fall of Berlin Wall. It rhymes.

[@cthulhuumaru9797]

Correction "The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall"

[@depressedmidlifecrisistimm3043]

Let’s listen to... The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, It tumbled down and crumbled right over People danced high, then higher Coulda’ lit it on fire It started out small, with a fence But soon it upgraded, to a wedge People standing on the edge, using ziplines and a ledge Not just Berlin, but across Europe A thing called the Iron Curtain But after Berlin, it stopped working And that is the probs with Berlin Wall Huh

[@nigeriachin6993]

Yas

[@taani]

Depressed Mid Life Crisis Timmy nice rap you made there

[@horgen9717]

Follow my Marcello!!!!!

[@thepretender4724]

My Parents are both from West Germany and I was born a long time after the fall of the wall. Yet everytime I hear about the fall of the Wall and see pictures of the falll and the people there I tear up. I cant describe it but it makes me incredibly emotional.

[@WATP-gz9jf]

Some Guy: What are you doing today? An Absolute Legend: Just gonna take a tank and crash through the Berlin Wall, I need my frisby Some Guy: Ni.... wait what

[@annorakanon]

Imagine some other guy being like Some other guy: Hey, what'cha got there? An Absolute Legend: *TANK* That guy: Wow. Can I come with? . *2 Minutes Later* . Guards and Soldiers: *chilling* Some guard: Hey... What is that sound? Some other guard: What sound? Some guard: Oh, well... Never mind... Guards and Soldiers: *continue chilling* . . . Tank: *CRASHES THROUGH THE FRICKIN' WALL* *Epic music starts* (Something like kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ_Jg5ivq92Npck . It's good to listen to it while reading for the mood, so open it in new tab) . Guards and Soldiers: WHAT THE- The two legends: BOOM BABY! Guards and Soldiers: SOMEONE, STOP THEM FOR GODS SAKE The two legends: YOU CANNOT STOP US "Captain or something": Oh no, no no no... This isn't happening... *complete terror on face* Some guard to the "captain": Well sir, we tried *drinks a glass of water* The two legends, riding away on their tank, as their yellings start to sound distant: WE ARE FREE!!! WHOOOHOOOO!!! FREEDOM, HERE WE COME!!!

[@elvixpro7693]

@@annorakanon Your comment is so long and deep into the story... *_I love it_*

[@WhirlOmar]

I have a small piece of that wall.

[@The_j_h]

Fr????????? Wow thats pretty cool

[@rice2299]

intresting

[@ivantan42]

same, common souvenir in Berlin

[@crook7493]

@unknowning unknown wtf is your problem?

[@Itsunaiz]

Most wall pieces sold at souvenir shops are fake

[@richbrownsberger5452]

My dad helped break down the wall

[@lucaszhu1028]

Who are you! Is your saying real?

[@vcihiethea]

Lies!

[@CyberneticBread]

Doesnt sound that crazy

[@BRUNOvsALADEEN]

Proof?

[@hugovasquez8222]

It was about 30 Years ago so it is possible. Btw most eastberliners tryed to Espace though the sewers.

[@ReidRankinRealEstate]

I visited East Berlin in 1985. We went through Check Point Charlie. It was really interesting to see what it was like. Only a couple of blocks outside of Alexandre Platz the buildings were still not repaired. As we were clearly foreigners no one would talk to us. When we went to a pub for a beer, everyone looked at us and pretended we weren’t there. It was also weird to take the S-Bahn (subway) and pass through abandoned stations were the trains didn’t stop and see armed guards when the trains passed through the stations on the East side of the wall. I watched the wall being torn down on TV and was elated by the celebrations of freedom!

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

THEY NEED TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT THE TANK THING

[@alanpolanco7825]

McSnurtle , THEY STOLE A TANK

[@Yeah-hs2ek]

A MUHFUCKIN TANK

[@De_Helen]

Ooga booga the manspreader of legends Yeah the tanks great and all, but there are a ton more stories. Like three brothers, each escaping one after another with the first one using a surfboard to cross a canal, the second one using a zip line to cross the wall and the third one being picked up by his brothers via a lightweight airplane, which they then landed in front of the Bundestag, leaving it there and then heading for the pub. Or two windsurfers who crossed the Ostsee. These were some truly amazing people!

[@lpkombi6685]

There is one about the hot air balloon. Not sure why they chose it over A STONE TANK!

[@romanlopez8653]

It was a guy named Wolfgang Engels en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Engels

[@mikeoxlong499]

East german guard: Wait WHAT THE FU- The dude with the tank: *Haha tank go brrr*

[@ghosty_56]

BAHAHAHHAHAHA

[@tsitsnikable]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4q5pH6lhr10irs """I should say that some people were againts the reunification of Germany , even Margaret Thatcher (UK) , and the French of course, but we declared that we were not going to interfere . This was a matter for the Germans, let them decide """ *Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev*

[@mikeoxlong499]

@@tsitsnikable Ok?

[@ohnothisguyagain69]

it,s not a tank it,s more like a armored car and it's a botched attempt btw

[@noblebeast2032]

Gotham chess viewer, right

[@ado1101]

My dad was in a sports tournament in Berlin the day they started tearing the wall down, all of his teammates joined in. They never knew what they were doing, cause in Brazil news was very limited. He brought a piece of the wall back.... so crazy that he was a part of that

[@Lucas__C]

4:18 I would have loved to see that tank incident happen.

[@natalyst]

Lucas Chamberland his tank got stuck then he climbed out, got stuck on barbed wire and shot but west Germans pulled him away and brought him to a hospital where he was treated and recovered

[@amirullahable]

ruining ur day How he even get the tank in the first place?

[@Akulalilu]

amirullahable I think it was one from ww2 that was just staying somewhere:v

[@motherrussia4242]

He was an East German soldier who stole an armored personnel carrier from a military base and drove it to the wall.

[@El_Presidente_5337]

Here you have the guy who did it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b53EfamEfJWNY6s

[@Ghostpeppar]

I was born here. My dad a US army took down this Berlin Wall and rescued so many people during the process. My daddy drove the tanks. It's cool to keep learning about this. And also such a tragedy for all these lives to be lost. My heart goes out to you

[@demonetization6596]

“Democracy is not perfect,but we never had to build a wall to keep our citizens in” I think it was John F Kennedy

[@comph2686]

Demonetization yep it was JFK

[@ssundeefan8572]

Correct

[@gamermapper]

Did he say why there were a West Germany city in the middle of East Germany anyway?

[@gembly3237]

fun fact: they added the F to his name after his death to pay respects

[@gamermapper]

@@gembly3237 😂

[@yourpizzashere]

My doggo head is being filled with knowledge

[@Bibipros]

One_Dank_Doggo daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

[@tnttiger3079]

well that's h*ckin' wonderful i say

[@alexwang982]

good boy

[@detectiveshaft9990]

And that's a very dank thing to be doing with that doggo head :)

[@sophie3]

One_Dank_Doggo whos a good boy? You are! Smort good doggo 😝

[@clarksorenes7106]

I really liked the art

[@rigira]

Ikr, personally one of the best ones I've seen on TedEd.

[@queensaharaice7376]

I agree.

[@i_draw_whatever18]

Literally everyone in the comments talking about how a guy stole a tank

[@noorulbaina7833]

Ikr

[@blue_pengu1n]

Cause its funny

[@unliving_ball_of_gas]

perfect 21st century humour

[@trollbreeder2534]

To show the powers of flex tape, i sawed this country in half! And repaired it with only flex tape.

[@carmelaguzman515]

OMFG yesssss 😃🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lordihlendam3619]

*I sawed this country in half* That's a lot of damage

[@cannedtuna6114]

Someone pronounce me dead😁😅💀

[@chaselegoman]

If the Berlin wall was made of flex tape, it never would have fallen.

[@nooterzootercrooter5105]

Lost Islands I officially pronounce you dead

[@FabiusDerDM]

I am german. This makes me cry. Every damn time. We need more peaceful revolutions on this planet. And i wasn't even born back then!

[@bulletbill1104]

Saturas it's been so long.

[@vaniafranco2119]

Crying too! Not about the sad history, but about the power of the people and what we can achieve when we get together united.

[@reagannelson06]

i nearly cry in class because i have to hear about how my great grand-parents killed alot of people (im related to the bad german people)

[@karinaarindra3881]

Saturas im not german and i also cried

[@SollomonTheWise]

Saturas what we needed was that wall to be higher

[@novastar7875]

1960s Berlin Wall 2000s North Korean Wall

[@yo_tengo_una_boca6764]

2010s Mexican-American Wall

[@aita2565]

Viva Mexico That's very different. It's not an oppressive wall meant to keep poor citizens turned slaves in

[@yo_tengo_una_boca6764]

Bonapartist Titan It's supposed to be a joke.

[@Poon09]

Israel-Palestine wall

[@bandit5747]

TopMystyMarks YT of divorce.

[@jasminb7317]

Greetings from a Berliner :)! I loved this. Berlin is unique and i love having people over from all over the world, to show them why. The topic of the wall feels so intimate and sentimental to me and i’m happy to see that other people are still learning about it 🥰 happy 32 years of union

[@aleksandarvil5718]

November 9th, 1989 : **begins** Berlin Wall : *"East Germany, I **_Don't_** Feel So Good."*

[@giselle6605]

a turn for the better after june 4th

[@williamalfredpaul9763]

I'm from Germany. My mom still tells about the day she came back from shool and my grandma welcomed her with "They openend the border" I still can not believe how supprising that must have been for my parents and grandparents. When my mom was born the wall already existed for 9 years and it was just a part of life.

[@MrRoztoc]

I was a 22-year-old cool East German boy when the Berlin wall fell. I'm glad I was experiencing those historical weeks and months before and after. The West Germans mostly didn't care.

[@anderhagea553]

Really?

[@yjjcoolcool]

Who has watched this for 3 times or more?

[@hamad-pz3rp]

YJJ Coolcool meeeeeee

[@rafaelsteinberger9085]

meeeessaaassss

[@maqueldalisay291]

9 times and still amazed by the story

[@mightydragongamer8712]

YJJ Coolcool me

[@lucaszhu1028]

Ме! Με! Me!

[@bessafi7110]

1990 -Berlin wall fall 845 -Wall Maria fall

[@thaiming1306]

*1989 xD

[@alphaforce8071]

Attack on titan

[@bquecha7526]

Claps

[@amalzuhair4495]

ECI actually it fell in 1989 I remember because it was the year I was born

[@kryptonytz5343]

lmao Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin)😂

[@loleq2137]

This channel gives me *I N F I N I T E W I S D O M*

[@RNG7220]

LOLeq21 yas

[@Anonymous-vr1nm]

For anyone wondering, Wolfgang Engels was the man who stole an army vehicle to crash to the other side.

[@ananonynoussauce7616]

Have to admire the fact that East Germany was called the "German Democratic Republic".

[@noemibolivar5945]

Michael Horn Yeah, most oppressive regimes like to make their country sound open and free, so you get dictatorships called "(insert country's name) federation of the people's democratic republic" or some other junk like that. One warning sign of a horrible government is how they overcompensate the name.

[@ognjengaric2687]

LagiNaLangAko23 Well "People's" in China's name just means communist, so I don't see the irony.

[@cockatyusha2359]

The Chinese communist party actually had popular support from the majority during the civil war. The people were sick of the brutal nationalist regime. I believe that human social understanding and governance is not advanced enough for achieve a successful communist society and economy on a larger scale than that of a city. The communist societies worldwide had to there for rely on oppressive means to remain functioning.

[@datfrump7861]

Michael Horn Kind of like how North Korea is called the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea

[@phirion6341]

Michael Horn Favourite quote: The German democratic republic was neither German, nor democratic.

[@whatislife891]

I met a guy while visiting Potsdam with my family. This guy was born in 1947, in Leipzig. His family moved to East Berlin when he was two, shortly after his brother’s birth. His father was a doctor who was once a combat medic for the Wehrmacht. At the age of 13 in November 1960, he, his brother, and his parents all fled from East Berlin to West Berlin. He says he was lucky to do that, as less than a year later the wall was built.

[@soonny002]

And then there's north and south Korea.

[@niklashofmann3938]

Germany North and South Korea and America and Mexico and Vietnam

[@EnRiCo45100]

THANK YOU

[@MaxineLucieum]

Remember, people who flee North Korea are criminals not actual people.

[@tdfern1]

Mitch Woody aren't criminals people?

[@noobacc8219]

And Croatia and Serbia

[@louiseogden1296]

Amazing animation! And such a hopeful message, particularly in these days.

[@d-m-n]

4:17 guy was playing gta before gta was even a thing.

[@mehmetkurt75]

'

[@krishalthetrueboss6318]

D.M. N. No it was gta irl

[@tophercIaus]

I live in Australia but I was living in Berlin for the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall; what an incredible celebration that was and a fascinating trip down Memory Lane for so many in Berlin. I believe it is the greatest city in the world. I love Berlin.

[@AwsmAds]

there are no such things as sharia law zones in Berlin. The only thing are areas with higher criminality rate at night time which applies to all bigger cities regardless of ethnicity.

[@AwsmAds]

the problematic districts in West Berlin (problematic being higher crime rate and unemployment rate than the Berlin average) have muslims as the biggest minority group. In East Berlin the problematic districts have Russians as the biggest minority group with barley any muslims. Interesting Fact: There is still a noticable difference in the "mix" of the residents between West and East. While you can sometimes hear Arab and Turkish in trains while traveling in West Berlin, those languages get swapped with Russian, Polish and Vietnamese once you get into East Berlin. The communites mix kinda slowly.

[@schinkenspringer1081]

not realy the crime rates and dangers inside german citys are very low compared to the us

[@someguy4786]

I live in Australia

[@marcodiaz6124]

+AwsmAds "Muslim" isn't an ethnicity, it's what a follower of Islam is called

[@schoidz5066]

Yoo the guy who crashed the wall with the tank is a legend

[@gordondina5605]

He stole a tank. How do you do that? He must have been a veteran in order to drive it, but he stole it

[@Cutman318]

I was stationed on the border in Fulda Germany in April 90. I actually drove into the former east Germany. The roads were really bad and the area was very depressing. It was like driving back in time 30 years.

[@milhouse14]

30 years today, November 9, 2019

[@yumisallallisyum577]

roses are red I want to go to the mall The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall

[@mumblernumber7213]

Sh4do That's so much darker

[@tshapedl]

Violets are blue Soviets are red Anyone tried to escape the berlin wall were shot ded

[@ensi-kitaka]

Flags of red Red as the fall Farewell, farewell The Berlin Wall

[@ensi-kitaka]

Book Snake most poems don't

[@ensi-kitaka]

Book Snake Or, and this is a slight stretch here: it was a joke

[@gerryj313]

I would love to have time traveling ability to witness historic moments like this one

[@WalnutSlayerr]

“Forget not the tyranny of this wall, nor the love of freedom that made it fall.” One of the best quotes I’ve ever heard in my life

[@bluecube1186]

Nobody: An ordinary person: P A N Z E R T I M E

[@Lucky-zo8is]

*Y E E T*

[@joditiarsutrisno5556]

Ordinary ?

[@bashiryacub]

@@joditiarsutrisno5556 yes like everybody can have a tank

[@joditiarsutrisno5556]

@@bashiryacub I don't think that is a good idea

[@firstnamelastname6016]

@@bashiryacub they just stole it

[@lillianluthhanssen]

Who else when they watch these videos they go into a different dimension

[@pondererofpointlessdreams5029]

Government: “We’re going to keep you from going into West Germany.” East Germans: “wE’rE gOnnA kEeP yOU fRom gOing iNt0 wEsT GeRmAny”

[@AnimalBlundettoK]

*gets shot*

[@pujilestari7812]

Ponderer Of Pointless Dreams ha

[@elitemation]

Ur profile

[@rafax_yt6063]

bruh you scared me with that profile

[@psychopathicaf3277]

my mother was in Germany at the time that the wall was torn down and brought my grandmother a small piece of the wall, we still have it in a jewellery box and is very valued in my family.

[@brookefleming6244]

4:58 the man is crying

[@billyjoethethird8436]

@@ayyappanchithambaram4575 Guards were chosen from areas specifically not Germany to prevent guards from sympathizing with escapees, so no.

[@thatguywhoanimids]

Tbh I think he’s crying because he misses his family

[@atreyoss5050]

Lol, those people who rammed an old tank to the wall are damn thugs

[@alligotbazaar6852]

Very beautiful historical lesson, a prayer for all those who suffered through it.

[@trogo5858]

"Mr. Gorbachev...tear down this wall"-- President Ronald Regan. The sledgehammer statement that added to the wreckingball that tore it down.

[@FG-yj2jp]

Yes, important for us to remember.

[@romanlopez8653]

_"Forget_not_the_tyranny_of_this_wall_nor_the_love_of_freedom_that_made_it_fall"_

[@chadthundercock4982]

@Kosmos de Kosmopoliet We got a crazy over here

[@chadthundercock4982]

why_are_you_using_underscores?

[@arawn1061]

@Kosmos de Kosmopoliet but the soviet union was essentially fascist

[@jackfinn8284]

Kind of impressive how they managed to build a giant wall through the middle of a giant city

[@frohenleid]

They build it around all of eastern Germany

[@rowani.h.5223]

I don't know why but I cried happily at the end, the last part made me very emotional ❤️

[@TusharAmdoskar]

Me too even I am not German

[@kappakumplete]

I lived in West Germany as a young child due to my father’s military service. I remember watching the news in amazement as the wall was torn down. It was really moving and a formative moment for me.

[@TheAnkMan]

While this video focuses on the Berlin wall it should be mentioned that border between East and West Germany was eagerly defended by a fence of mine fields, barbed wires and a wall. I went to the border in November 1989 to see first hand what happened after a news show on West Germany broke the news. A friend and me grabbed some beer bottles and headed to the border some 15 miles away. We handed some of these to the East Germans crossing the border into West Germany. Some returned the favor and handed us East German beer, which was quite awful to drink. Anyway it was an exciting day to witness history in the making.

[@secretlyditto7716]

You know, I remember all through Jr. High, people talking about the Berlin wall and how awesome it was that it's gone, but I never actually knew what they meant. Thank you for explaining everything so cleanly~

[@tagtraumerin5077]

I was in a stasi-prison when I was in Berlin the last time and the guide was a guy who rescued over 50 people. Well, he was cought and had to spend a long time in prisom but he is my hero.

[@kiendra]

Imagine having a regime so bad that you have to build a giant wall to keep your people in

[@RandomInternetUser-yi5cc]

"Freedom has its difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we never had to put up a wall to keep our people in." - President JFK of the United States