Chaos Never Dies Day!!

AKA: Schicksalstag (the day of fate) November 9, marks the historical fall of the Berlin Wall.

Constructed on August 13, 1961. The wall was a symbol of the Cold War. Conceived post WWII by East German Walter Ulbricht and approved by Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev, the wall separated West Berlin and East Germany, closing the boarder between East and West Berlin for 28 years. Effectively it decreased the "Republikflucht" (escapes) from 2.5 million between '49 and '62, to 5,000 between '62 and '89.

On November 9th, '89, a government released statement permitting the crossing of the wall had a mass of East Germans crossing and joining the West in celebration. Destroying the wall in the weeks to come. Becoming the first step in German reunification, Oct. 3, 1990.

Over the 28 years there were about 5,000 escapes into the west, and approximately 200 people killed trying to cross the wall. The first successful escape was Conrad Schumann, an East German boarder guard, who jumped the barbed wire fence to the West.

Others were not so fortunate, such as Peter Fechter(left), August 17, '62 who was shot and left to bleed to death in view of the Western Media...

In closing I leave you with a little german saying :

"Wenn es nachts im Bette kracht,der Bauer seine Erben macht."

Have a shitty day!!!!