Dominos Effect — Fall of Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary Celebr

School children in Germany take a look back at history. The fall of the Berlin Wall is being reenacted with dominos to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
These school children weren't even born when the Berlin Wall came down.

And they've grown up in a unified Germany.

But they're still playing an important role in the 20th anniversary celebrations of the fall of the wall.

The cold war barrier came down on the 9th of November 1989.

And as part of the memorial events in the German capital — locals will once again topple a wall.

But this time it'll be made of 1000 dominoes — as seen on this practice run using just 100.

The three-meter high dominoes will follow the route of the wall — from the
Reichstag, the parliament building — past the Brandenburg Gate to Potsdamer
Platz.

Every domino will be unique.

And that's where the pupils at Heinrich Schliemann secondary school come in.

They're helping to paint some of the dominoes.

Students like 13-year-old Emilia can't imagine what it would be like to live in a divided city.

[Emilia, Student]:
"To be honest, I wouldn't be able to see half of my family anymore. And if I lived in the east, I'd be really afraid. It was really tough with the Stasi secret police, as you wouldn't be able to trust people and couldn't speak openly with friends."

The school's history teacher says the domino project can bring the division of Berlin to life:

[Gaby Flegel, History Teacher]:
"The way the city has grown together should be the focus. For example I've shown them how the train tracks were removed and routes divided, so the infrastructure of the city was disrupted."

These students are painting their domino black, red and gold — the colors of the German flag.

And other dominoes have been sent to places like South Korea and the
West Bank, where there are still divisions, like the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea, or the wall between Israel and the West Bank.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• NTD
• Germany
• Fall of Berlin Wall
• Education
• Dominos
• 20th anniversary
• Cold war
• Reichstag
• Communism

[romu2350]

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