"Maueropfer - Wall Victims" - In A Berlin Minute (Week 37) [HD] - 50 Jahre Mauer

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GAENSEHAUT! 

[YinesraEkrug]

Tja.Wen wunderts,dass man da erschossen wird? Wenns klipp und klar ist,dass wenn man in einen Sicherheitsbereich gelangt,einem hinterhergeballert wird,dann sollte man das auch lassen.Pech gehabt.Regeln sind Regeln.

[CharlottenburgerBoys]

@YinesraEkrug

Genau, blas mal weiter

[YinesraEkrug]

@CharlottenburgerBoys

Jaja machn Kopf zu.Viele wollen die Mauer wieder

[ThisIsScottinWriting]

Wow really well done! You should be getting paid to be doing stuff like this. :]

[GNYBerlin]

@ThisIsScottinWriting Thank you so much, Scott. Honestly, I sometimes wonder why I'm doing all this work for no money ;-) But then it's nice to have a creative project going just for fun - and for such nice comments as yours.

- Luci

[thagaza]

Luci Thanks so much for your incredible vision!

No matter what type of work you reveal, I always seem to get emotionally attracted.

Keep doing what you do!!

[GNYBerlin]

@thagaza Thank you for this wonderful comment. It really moved me. I'll save it.

[MyChangeThruRunning]

I had a friend come over today her name is Regetta she lived behind the wall and was able to walk away from it. She moved to America and we sat and had pumpernickel bread and vegi soup. Anyways, we listened to all the stories and I thought of you :-) So I said all that to say ~ hi :-)

[GNYBerlin]

@MyChangeThruRunning Wow, that's amazing. It's so wonderful to have friends who can tell you personal stories from worlds apart.

[Audzilla605]

My personal favorite of your videos. They are all good and this one really had an impact. 2 thumbs up Lucy!!

[GNYBerlin]

@Audzilla605 Thank you. That means a lot. I hope you'll still like the new ones and the ones coming up ;-)

[itsjustyu]

wow, this was incredibly powerful...thanks so much for this one, luci.

[GNYBerlin]

@itsjustyu Thank you for writing that. 

[betrayedbyozz13]

Hey Lucy, this is a really powerful video, it doesn't apportion blame or fault.  Just the cost of freedom.

Take a look at our Bittersweet video!

Jo x

The Almighty Fallen

[GNYBerlin]

@betrayedbyozz13 Thank you, Jo, I appreciate your observation.

I checked out your video. It's also very powerful.

- Luci

[zezolazo13]

Wow i must visit berlin nice video im gonna call you - Luci the reporter

good job keep going luci

[GNYBerlin]

@zezolazo13 Thank you for your kind words and encouragement.

[Rutle]

Very sad, beautifully put together though.

[GNYBerlin]

@Rutle Thank you.

[Neueregel]

Sad days like those, make us appreciate more all the greater civil freedoms that we have nowadays. Nice short film btw!!

[GNYBerlin]

@Neueregel That is a wonderful way to look at this. Thank you, Nodas.

[KiekeMaFilmBerlin]

Ich habe die Mauer täglich vor den Augen gehabt. Das Thema macht mich heute noch sprachlos.

[GNYBerlin]

@KiekeMaFilmBerlin Was fuer eine Perspektive. Ich fand das ja schon aus Hamburger Sicht unbegreiflich - das in Berlin zu erleben war da ja noch mal was ganz anderes.

[232323C]

great vid but sad to see the murderous reality we as humans are forced to experience from those who lust for power. thumbs up!

[GNYBerlin]

@232323C Thank you, Craig.

[GNYBerlin]

@marijafrick Vielen Dank, Coco!

[Bjorkfan77]

Hey liebe Luci !

hab mir das grad angesehen und gehört !

Wie die Namen da vorgelesen werden finde ich sehr bedrückend, wenn man bedenkt weshalb das geschehen ist, sie wollten nur Freiheit und leben wie sie es wollten und dann ist da die Mauer die sie daran gehindert hat raus zukommen in diese !

trotzdem gutes Video Luci !!! danke

lieben Gruß !

Heiko

[GNYBerlin]

@Bjorkfan77 Danke, Heiko. Ja, es ist ein erschütterndes und schockierendes Thema, das hoffentlich nicht zu leichtfertig in dieser Minute bedacht wird.

Liebe Grüße,

Luci

[GNYBerlin]

@azzarbprime Enjoy your time, Azzarb and elusive Mr. b. 

[geogreg27]

Incredible footage. I like the memorial wall. Most of us are aware of the wall but, not of the passings. Awesome narative too.

[GNYBerlin]

@geogreg27 Thank you, Greg. I'm glad I could share not only images but also new information with you. 

[lodproductions90]

Making Berlin the capital again after the fall of the wall might have been a mistake, no?

[GNYBerlin]

@lodproductions90 I may not be the best judge of it, but I think making Berlin the capital again was a great decision. It's an exciting, diverse city - a real "Weltstadt" (world city). Bonn was not like that at all. Berlin has to offer more than just politics, it also represents culture, diversity, economy, etc. That's what a capital should be about, I think.

[lodproductions90]

I think the Germans will never recover from the holocaust, mentally. Once you commit such a crime, you can only live in descency and wait for your death. Maybe the Germans want to "die" metaphorically speaking and reincarnate in a new Europe where they are indistinguishable from the others? Out of Germany and into Europe is the only redemption.

[GNYBerlin]

@lodproductions90 These are interesting thoughts, but I don't think that is how it works. A nation is more like an organic being that keeps on changing and evolving. With every generation people recover more from the past incidents and create a new identity. The generation of young adults mostly doesn't know anyone who was an adult during World War II. They can embrace their German identity much easier. But all of us have enough reason to be proud of German culture outside of WW2 or The Wall.

[lodproductions90]

@GNYBerlin I think of Berlin only of Nazis. I try something else hang on... nope. I can't. ;-) Yes, there are many things Germans can be proud of: Internet, playstation, google, youtube, hollywood... if you get my meaning. :-) If we'd let them have it there way, they would fall back to white man rules all theory (see Thilo Sarrazin!), hehe. Only a United Europe can save the German soul! :-)

[GNYBerlin]

@lodproductions90 Unfortunately what you are writing is both offensive and ignorant. Of course, the things you are mentioning are not German creations at all, they are mostly American. Also you are ignoring all the cultural achievements that have come out of Germany or were created by Germans. Not to mention that your comments about Nazi Germany have nothing to do with this video, which responds to events from the 1960s - 1980s.

[lodproductions90]

@GNYBerlin Well, we were talking about the choice of re-establishing the German capital after the fall of the wall. So, Nazi Germany had a lot to do with the difficult decision to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin, the former Reichsstadt. Why do Germans get offended so easily by mentioned the past? Every time I meet one, they tell me "we the West", they want to be part of the Anglo-Saxon world order. There is no danger for a German nationstate any more, I think. Even Siemens and DHL...

[GNYBerlin]

@lodproductions90 I wouldn't say "Germans get offended so easily by mentioning the past". Germans talk about and deal with their past all the time. What does offend though are comments like yours, which are sadly misinformed and ignorant.

[lodproductions90]

@GNYBerlin It is you who gets all personal, not me. ;-)

[GNYBerlin]

@lodproductions90 That's a statement out of nowhere. I'm not getting personal and I didn't say that you were getting personal either.

[lodproductions90]

@GNYBerlin I am going to bed now, sister. It is late. We can continue our little argument tomorrow. :-D Or you use your time to produce more excellent videos. ;-) Cheers.

[lodproductions90]

@GNYBerlin ... don't like to say they are German international companies but would rather like to think of themselves as International companies with German roots. Even the German education system broke down a couple of years ago. Now they have the BA - MA - PhD system like China, Japan, Britain, Canada, US etc. And most Germans now learn English, so they can read about the world outside Hegel and Kant and Nietzsche, hehe. German is not even an official language in the EU I hear. For a reason.

[TheOrganicLounge]

very deep...

[MyCarla27]

Berlijn its a beauty but triest city, East its poor and West its riche,!! East-Berlin see you "Memories" to the War and Wall, resten from the maur stay stll into Easten !!.....

West Berlin is modern, nothing to see from the 2e War !! The Wall broken to opstandige Pubers. this whas 9 November 1989...

[GNYBerlin]

@MyCarla27 It must have been very intense to see all that revealed at that time. Of course, today it's quite different. In many ways East Berlin is a lot more modern because so much money for renovations and new constructions were spent in East Berlin in the last two decades.

[AKKERMANodess]

Ja, sollte dies in Erinnerung bleiben!

[lodproductions90]

Wow, that's a lot of history and food for thought for just one minute! Congratulations!

[GNYBerlin]

@lodproductions90 Thank you.

[Susanna129]

In Memorial of these people who died in that time and year.

May all rest in Peace.

Thank you, Zuzanna

[GNYBerlin]

@Susanna129 Thank you for your warm thoughts, Zuzanna.

[RioDeLaNorte]

Danke ! sehr gut !

[GNYBerlin]

@RioDeLaNorte Danke fuer's Anschauen.

[HofGirl83]

Sehr bewegende Bilder! Auch daran muss man sich erinnern...

[GNYBerlin]

@HofGirl83 Danke. Ja, es ist unangenehm, aber wichtig.

[GNYBerlin]

@azzarbprime Thank you, Azzarb.

[GNYBerlin]

@HerewegoPeter I'm afraid I can't answer those questions well, since I've been gone for so long. I hope someone else will chime in. There is a political party that grew out of a party from the former East - and Germany is a social state. As to normal conversation, now that you bring it up I realize that I've talked to West-Berlin friends about life in the divided city - but I haven't spoken to people who grew up in the East about the wall in particular. I'll have to bring it up.

And thank you!

[GNYBerlin]

@HerewegoPeter Thank you, Peter. You're making an excellent point. There's always the danger of "those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it".

- Luci

[EdEditz]

So many deaths. I guess they thought it was worth it, and I can well imagine that. I was in Berlin a month after the wall fell, Still got some pieces of stone I hacked out.

East berlin was gray and empty and there were hardly any shops.

[GNYBerlin]

@EdEditz Must have been very powerful to see the city at that time. The first time I went was in 1990.. It's sad to think of people in the same city living such different lives. But then I suppose in a way that is going on in many big cities, where some people are very rich and others are very poor. Not saying that West Berlin was rich and East Berlin poor - but just the contrast of life in one city. But it's the threat of death at the wall + the division of families that made it worst here.

[RixdorferWurstmusik]

still there's a lot of folks from the east who long for the "good old times". Some people just don't seem to get it. Of course it was a good time if you didn't have your own political opinions or didn't care about people who had those, if not starving is all you want to have out of life or if you were paid by the Stasi.

A big up to the people who made it possible this wall came down and a big up to your upload!

[GNYBerlin]

@RixdorferWurstmusik Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this, Eric. 

[blushooter]

Very, very artistic my friend.

Beautiful.

[GNYBerlin]

@blushooter Thank you, Ale.

[DJTerrorBerlin]

Eindrucksvolles Gedenken an die Maueropfer, bewegend und seriös umgesetzt, gute geschichtliche Aufarbeitung in nur eine Minute! Beeindruckend!!!

[GNYBerlin]

@DJTerrorBerlin Vielen Dank, Lutze. Ich geb ehrlich zu, dass ich etwas nervoes war, dieses Video zu machen. Eine Minute und meine handheld style wirken vielleicht irgendwie schnodderig. Aber ich wollte diese Gedenkstaetten und Tonaufnahmen unbedingt mitteilen. Es bewegt mich sehr.

[vanARTich]

lebendige geschichte -ja!

nur sollten wir uns auf keinen fall ständig darauf reduzieren lassen. deutschland ist mehr als hitler, kz, ddr, mauer, stasi...

deutschland ist auch loveparade, hafenstrasse, nena, ...

[GNYBerlin]

@vanARTich Da muss ich Dir voll und ganz zustimmen. Auch wenn ich die Einstuerzenden Neubauten und Kraftwerk vor Nena erwaehnen wuerde. Dann auch noch Hesse und Goethe mit dazu. Und natuerlich Franzbroetchen.

[vanARTich]

@GNYBerlin

... ndw, 68er, ostermärsche, 1. mai in berlin, rilke, ...

[globalpeter100]

wollen viele nicht wissen

[GNYBerlin]

@globalpeter100 Im Englischen gibt es ein Sprichwort, das es im Deutschen vielleicht auch gibt: "Those who cannot remember history are condemned to repeat it." Jene, die sich nicht an Geschichte erinnern koennen, sind dazu verflucht, sie zu wiederholen.

[JOorozco56]

HI Luci nice video to know more about this

nice job what you are doing to share all this with us

[GNYBerlin]

@JOorozco56 Thank you so much for watching.

[itsMinuteMaid]

You are truly an artist. .....wanna get married?! o_O

[GNYBerlin]

@itsMinuteMaid Thanks, Matt. But I'm already married. Didn't I already tell you that?

[itsMinuteMaid]

@GNYBerlin haha, perhaps. I have the tendency to be a bit sporadic and non-sensical. Please do not take offense.

[MyChangeThruRunning]

WOW!! Thank You for sharing this. Brings back memories. Do you have a fb pg? I have photo's of me there, I can share them with you :-)

[GNYBerlin]

@MyChangeThruRunning Thank you for watching. I will send you a private message with my fb info.

[blueshomeice]

Beautiful video of an ugly time. Reminds me of Kim's video (YouTube user DoGoodWork) "The End Of Innocence" another ugly part of history that should never be forgotten. Thanks for posting it touched me.

[GNYBerlin]

@blueshomeice Thank you, Tim. Yes, Kim's video "The End of Innocence" is also an important reminder of wrongs that have been done and unfortunately, since abuse of children by clergy still goes on, something we still need to work on getting prevented - by talking about it openly.

[MissHeidiElisabeth]

Schäde...

[wickirsinn]

Soviel zum gelebten Kommunismus... Idee gut - Ausführung desaströs!

[GNYBerlin]

@wickirsinn Persoennlich hoffe ich, dass es in unserer Zukunft ein anderes politisches System geben wird, dass weniger auf den Kapitalimus, wie wir ihn heute hier leben, und mehr auf Menschlichkeit konzentriert ist. Aber ich fuerchte, das ist naiv.

[GermanPiano01]

Mögen die Namen der Opfer nie verhallen.

Ich finde es schönn dass auf diese Weise die Geschichte nicht in vergessenheit gerät

gut gemacht Lucy

[GNYBerlin]

@GermanPiano01 Vielen Dank. Ich finde es auch gut, dass es all diese Mahnmale gibt. Es hat mich gewundert, dass da so viele verschiedene sind.

[seefilm1]

Yes, keep up your good work !!!

Your Minute-Clip "week 37" is a important historical view. Back, more than 20 years ago to the fixed end of second World War in europe.

Thank´s and best regards from "Lake Constance"

Klaus

[GNYBerlin]

@seefilm1 Thank you, Klaus. It wasn't until around these days, now that I have better perspective of time, that it also struck me how the pieces of German history fit together. It's shocking for example how so shortly after World War 1, the people in charge could start another war. Or to think that people involved in WWII would put up this wall. But then also that for 15 years after the war, Berlin and Germany were divided but people could still move around.

[travelingpapa]

I visited Berlin in 1965 when the tensions between East and West were very bad. Even though I was only 7, I remember passing through the Check points to get to Berlin. I was cheering at my TV when the wall came down. My wife thought I was nuts, until I told Her about the wall and its History. You pictures of the Memorials brought back many bitter-sweet memories. Keep up the good work.

[GNYBerlin]

@travelingpapa Wow, that's amazing you were able to experience that as a visitor during that decade. I remember crying when I saw the news on the TV. I had just begun to comprehend that I lived in a divided country - it was so powerful to witness the division overcome. It was such a hopeful, beautiful moment.

Thank you.

Luci

[rhondasmy08]

Poignant...lest we forget:)

[GNYBerlin]

@rhondasmy08 Thank you, Rhonda.