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I watched that movie for the first time about two months ago. Heartbreaking and beautiful. I passed it on to my German mom (born and lived in West Germany until age 21) and she was deeply moved as well.

Speaking with a young German woman this past winter who was born in East Berlin, she said that when she looks back at her life as a child in the east versus her teen years and present as a westerner, it is as though life went from black and white to color.

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when she looks back at her life as a child in the east versus her teen years and present as a westerner, it is as though life went from black and white to color.

Very good description. It is a shame that this generation is developing a nostalgic yearning for black and white based on pure ignorance.