Raw Footage of East Berlin the Day Before the Wall Fell (1989)
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- čas přidán 14. 03. 2024
- On 8 November 1989, ITN filmed East German officials coming and going from the SED Central Committee building, the headquarters of East Germany's Socialist Unity Party (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands; SED), in East Berlin. Party officials were meeting to decide how to respond to the increasing number of East German refugees leaving the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik; DDR) for West Germany via Czechoslovakia and Hungary. A day after this footage was filmed, a garbled statement by GDR spokesperson Günter Schabowski would result in thousands of East Germans descending on the Berlin Wall, setting about its destruction, and crossing over into West Berlin. This eerily calm footage of East German state officials going about their business just a day before the fall of the Berlin Wall ("der Mauerfall") demonstrates just how suddenly events unfolded on 9 November 1989.
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The battle was already lost when the east government decided that Volvos and Citroen cars are better then theirs🤣
Or even VW cars. 😅
That they always knew. Hardly anyone of them drove Trabant. The elite is the elite no matter what the system. And authoritarian regimes always assume that the people work for them.
I was 14 years old at the time and lived in the former district of Suhl, today South Thuringia. As a teenager, one was not entirely aware of the significance of the whole thing. What was different was the fact that you were suddenly allowed to "drive over", which was not so easy in the past. And then all the western vehicles. That used to be the most exciting thing for me.
Was 14 back then, too living just south of Berlin pretty much just besides the wall. This 8th Nov. was a Wednesday. The announcement of the border opening late on the 9th we didn't really recognize also on Friday 10th, just like rumors. But then on Saturday, 11th, when going to school the train station of Dahlewitz I had to pass was overly full of people on the way to visit West Berlin. The school was empty, out of my 25 classmates only 4 of us were there (incl. me), also most of the teachers were missing 😂. And the following weekend it felt like the entire population of Saxony was passing through to visit West Berlin. The train station at Schönefeld airport was packed with people, you couldn't move. By the accent of most people there you could think you were in Dresden. Interesting days!
All those people who are somebody, soon to be nobody.
Ah bon ! Bizarre affirmation.
Very strange comment.
Already from the next day lol
Wow. Ein tolles Zeitdokument. 👍
the children seem happy
Perhaps, it is a pretend happiness in the horrible and unfree Communist country.
Они и были понастящему счасливы
There are no Algerians.
Right
Sadly, after this day we would no longer be treated to bearded women from East Germany in the Olympics.
A tragedy!
00:49 Did I hear a chain move and a padlock being unlocked?
Schöne Aufnahmen, in der Qualität!
Quite a lot of Citroen and Volvo in the East German Government. I walked pass that building in 2018 the building still in use with the German Government
@@Dredgionnon je vois au moins 2 plaques minéralogiques différentes. La RDA a acheté quelques milliers de BX.
It has been a government building before and after the GDR.
What causes the aliasing in digitised footage?
Wednesday 8th November 1989
Eine Kindheit und Jugend ohne Gewalt von Messern, Waffen. War nicht alles schön, aber man konnte nachts allein laufen ohne Angst.
Genau wie auch beim Führer!
@@louismart , bist du ein Idiot?
Who knows these politicians by name?
Ça me fait trop rire tous ces officiels qui se déplaçaient en Volvo ou Citroën ou encore Peugeot. J’imagine aussi le reste. Quelle belle fumisterie. Allez, la fête est finie !
Ces militaires n'ont rien de militaires. Pas comme ceux que nous avons. Ici, nous dirions des touristes.
The next day, a farewell to an immigrant-free new Europe took place. All the conflicts of the 90s and the noughties made Europe unrecognizable
How sweet those kids were. In 2024 looking back. Those kids in there 40 s. Almost ?? Hmm. Incredible times we live
Fue todo un sufrimiento para la RDA desaparecer...
Und wer regiert die USA?
Des Volvo pour le Comité Central du SED 😂
Ça ne ce gène pas, communiste oui mais seulement pour faire des grands discours
If they had any idea what was going to happen theyd have ran to Russia
Who’s the grey haired man at the end?
That's Honecker who didn't get the last Volvo 😄
@@Finsami71 - He ended up seeking refuge in Chile and dying there....
@@kevinanderson3849 Yes sir that is the fact, actually Honecker wasn't in the power at that time anymore, was voted out. Then fled to Moscow before Chile.
Moritz Mebel (1923-20210), medical doctor, professor and member of the Zentralkomitee of the SED.
@@Ronald070 Thank you.
Ah Dem vere goot old tags ya.
RIP DDR 1949 1990 😢
Мodern Africans are very pleased to see a united and free Germany, which opened new horizons and opportunities and gave their hopes and dreams to achieve more in their lives.
The unification of Germany and Africa is the next step in the evolution of German society for building a "New World Order".
East Germany contributed to many socialist African states
What?
Stasi👇👇
so the gdr was ruled by grandfathers..
Und wer regiert die USA? 🤔
Laechelt mal alle, noch einen Tag dann giebts die Mauer nicht mehr 🤭🤭🤭😂😂😁😁🤣
Bonjour les enfants ! Demain vous serez libres. Vous pourrez penser et vous exprimer par vous mêmes sans craindre la répression de la Stasi. À vous de prendre votre avenir en mains au lieu d’être des assistés sociaux intellectuellement paresseux.
Baut die Mauer zurück.
Alles in deiner Hände, Kommerad! Mach das jetzt.