[hoosier hick]

I was in Germany in June 1990, seven months after the wall fell, and we took the train from Munich to Berlin (through the east). What stands out in my mind is the memory of the creeks and rivers. Slow moving, black sludge was what passed for rivers and streams, not to mention the 2-cycle Trabants covered all the buildings with black soot.

My question for the author: do you think your children’s future will be better or worse than their prospects would have been in the GDR?

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[inflorida]

I was in Germany in June 1990, seven months after the wall fell, and we took the train from Munich to Berlin (through the east). What stands out in my mind is the memory of the creeks and rivers. Slow moving, black sludge was what passed for rivers and streams, not to mention the 2-cycle Trabants covered all the buildings with black soot.

I visited Moscow in the spring of 1989 at the age of 14 and me and my classmates will never forget what we saw. Besides the run-down and depressed infrastructure, the blank looks on the faces of the Russians made a mark I will never forget. The trip was only three days long but it forever marked me with what a tragedy communism is.