This brings us back to another authoritarian regime
that split Germany into East and West with East Germany being called the German
Democratic Republic – such irony with the word democratic! It was democratic so
long as you agreed with the state. Similar pictures of these happy people from
the time of East Germany also appear in the Democratic Republic of Korea (North
Korea) and in Vietnam, today.
Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie show examples
of the division that used to be in Berlin. By the way, there was no-one called
Charlie but there used to be checkpoints called Abel Checkpoint and Baker
Checkpoint and Charlie Checkpoint- ie ABC
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