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The fall of GDR - East Germany

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Uploaded by on Aug 28, 2008

November 1989, footage of the events as they were happening at the time. Commentary from Professor David Childs

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  • A fascinating film from the time. I had a VCR and a keen sense of history but I did not record it!

  • @alanheath Hi Alan, I am the person in the films from the University of Nottingham.  Your channel looks very interesting; I will watch your videos with interest.

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  • presenter looks like geert wilders

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  • East Germany's HDI was .953, compared to West Germany's .967.

    East Germany was ranked 21st best in the world, while the West was 12th.

    East Germany had the 16th best per capita GDP in the world, while the West had the 11th.

    The Human Development Index(HDI) is an index to show the life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide.

    These numbers come from the UN's 1987 Human Development Index.

    Does the GDR still look evil?

  • They were out of money and people were tired of the Stasi running thier lives, besides anti-progressive is good, Margaret Sanger was nasty witch an Progressive in America a very racist and elitest person. Progressives are secular humanist ruling class, who look down on the average person much in the same way liberal artists in the American education, hollywood and political ruling class in the Democratic party

  • @llewisddiaz DON'T TALK SUCH CRAP

  • I personally believe that the anti-communist protesers should have been crushed. You cannot kill something in its infancy and socialism was still very much in infancy. While reforms were necessary, people thinking that an the old capitalist system was better than the new communist system was extremely antiprogressive. These governments should have had a stronger will to stay in existance.

  • i like how he turns and looks at the picture when he's on the phone

  • @childseastgermany Alan has very good videos i watch them all the time he has taught me more than i ever knew about World War 2 and im a Historian

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